Pakistan After Obama’s Speech on Drones, CIA Allegedly Kills Pakistani Taliban Commander By Omar WaraichMay 29, 20130 Less than a week after President Barack Obama’s speech marking a policy shift on the use of drones, the CIA broke its weeks-long hiatus with a drone attack in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal area. The target of the attack, …
Pakistan Nawaz Sharif’s Return to Power Brings Pakistan’s Challenges in Focus By Omar Waraich / LahoreMay 12, 20130 On a historic election day, Sharif beat expectations, cruising toward a convincing victory
Pakistan From Hospital Bed, Pakistani ‘Change’ Candidate Imran Khan Aims for Victory By Omar Waraich / LahoreMay 10, 20130 The front wall of Lahore’s Shaukat Khanum hospital has come to resemble a shrine. Scores of bouquets of flowers are arrayed amid a sprinkling of “get well soon” cards. On the walls, posters appear with messages ranging from the …
Asia On Pakistan’s Election Trail, the Old Feudal Elites Struggle for Votes By Omar Waraich / MultanMay 02, 20130 Yousaf Raza Gilani throws himself behind the wheel of his white SUV and sets off into the countryside outside Multan, an ancient city in Pakistan’s Punjab province. Gilani, 60, used to be the prime minister, but he was booted …
Pakistan Pakistan’s Election Season: When Courting Voters Means Courting Death By Omar Waraich / IslamabadApril 24, 20130 In a normal election, Faisal Sabzwari would be busy on the campaign trail, giving speeches at large rallies, glad-handing voters in his constituency and cruising through neighborhoods in a cavalcade of cars festooned with his …
Asia Musharraf Flees a Court — and Puts Pakistan’s Generals in a Quandary By Omar Waraich / IslamabadApril 18, 20130 Ensconced in a villa protected by barbed wire, the former dictator tries to avoid further legal problems even as he gives the all-powerful military a huge political headache
Pakistan Losing Pakistan: An Insider’s Look at How the U.S. Deals With Its Ally By Omar WaraichApril 14, 20130 TIME talks to Vali Nasr, a close adviser of the late Richard Holbrooke, Obama’s senior envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan
Pakistan Putting Pakistan’s Politicians to a Piety Test: Are You Muslim Enough? By Omar Waraich / IslamabadApril 08, 20130 If you aren’t, you may not be allowed to run for Parliament. How the country’s judges may be turning ethical standards into religious ones
Pakistan The Return of the General: Why Is Musharraf Running for Office in Pakistan? By Omar Waraich / IslamabadMarch 29, 20130 His crowd of supporters seem to dwindle by the day but the former dictator of Pakistan is keen to prove that he still has the right stuff to lead the country
Pakistan Pakistan’s Election Season Begins With Two Very Different Candidates By Omar Waraich / LahoreMarch 25, 20130 Both considered outsiders, Imran Khan and Pervez Musharraf are wooing voters sick of the traditional parties. But only one is gaining traction