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Senior Pakistan official admits election rigging as protests grip country
Confession by Punjab commissioner exacerbates tension over legitimacy of February general election resultsA se…
- Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, Global development, Natural disasters, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, World news
Pakistan floods kill 580 and bring misery to millions
Government accused of inaction as downpours leave schools destroyed, homes ruined, crops failing and cholera o…
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‘We are happy to fight you’: tensions rise on Afghan-Pakistani border
Five Pakistani soldiers killed as Taliban-led Afghanistan resists cooperation with IslamabadThe Pakistani-Afgh…
- Cricket, Gender, Gender pay gap, Global development, Inequality, Life and style, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Sport, Women, World news
‘She chopped her hair off’: Pakistani women’s struggle to play cricket
In such a conservative country, young women often have to fight their own families first just to play the spor…
- Freedom of speech, Global development, Human rights, Imran Khan, Islam, Journalist safety, Media, Pakistan, Religion, South and Central Asia, World news
‘A haven for free-thinkers’: Pakistan creatives mourn loss of progressive arts space
‘Tragic’ closure of Sabeen Mahmud’s community venue T2F in Karachi comes as PM Imran Khan accused of fostering…
- Environment, Flooding, Global development, Homelessness, Housing, Land rights, Pakistan, Poverty, Protest, Social exclusion, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Where should we go?’: thousands left homeless as Karachi clears waterways
As Pakistan’s supreme court backs bulldozing of homes blamed for floods, critics say government has no proper …
- Communities, Conservation and indigenous people, Environment, Global development, Housing, Indigenous peoples, Land rights, Pakistan, Protest, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
‘They fired at everyone’: peril of Pakistani villagers protesting giant luxury estate
Activists were shot and beaten at demonstration to stop property giant Bahria Town building on indigenous land…