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From Hospital Bed, Pakistani ‘Change’ Candidate Imran Khan Aims for Victory
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 …
Indian Prisoner’s Death in Pakistani Jail Stirs Nationalist Furies
Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner on death row in a Pakistani jail since 1991, died on Thursday morning following severe head injuries inflicted by six fellow inmates at Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail. Singh, 49, convicted for …
Pakistan’s Election Season: When Courting Voters Means Courting Death
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 …
Losing Pakistan: An Insider’s Look at How the U.S. Deals With Its Ally
TIME talks to Vali Nasr, a close adviser of the late Richard Holbrooke, Obama’s senior envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan
Putting Pakistan’s Politicians to a Piety Test: Are You Muslim Enough?
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
Video: Malala Yousafzai Goes Back to School
The 15-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl and womens’-education activist walked into a classroom on Tuesday for the first time since being shot in the head by the Taliban
The Anatomy of an Attack on Christians in Pakistan
A quarrel between friends and perhaps the politics of a local industry apparently combine with Pakistan’s blasphemy laws to create a fresh conflagration
Under Attack: Who Will Stop the Killing of Pakistan’s Shi’ites?
On Monday, a large crowd of Shi’ite Muslim mourners was streaming back from a graveyard in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city. Thousands had been attending the funerals of 45 fellow Shi’ites who were killed by a large explosion …
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Tea in Karachi: When Pakistan’s Maximum City Comes Together
In a country polarized in every possible way—from disparities in wealth and education to differing views on politics and extremism—tea is the great social equalizer.
Pakistan’s Wave of Crises: Ahead of Elections, Islamabad Struggles to Put Out the Fires
Pakistan’s Newest Martyrs: Why Anti-Shi‘ite Violence May Be the Country’s Biggest Problem
Last year, over 400 Shi‘ite were killed across Pakistan, double the number killed in 2011. A significant minority in majority Sunni Pakistan, Shi‘ites comprise roughly a quarter of the country’s population
The Obama-Karzai Meeting: But Who Really Gets to Decide Afghanistan’s Future?
The end-game in the war torn country is complex–and troop levels may be the simplest piece of the puzzle
