- Global development, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
How Karachi’s women got into power: the female electricians lighting up homes in Pakistan
Two hundred women, known as the Light Sisters, have learned to fix appliances and safely install fittings, cha…
- Air pollution, Art, Art and design, Environment, Global development, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, World news
‘I was asked to find a volunteer for an air pollution campaign in Lahore – I couldn’t find anyone’
As Pakistan’s second biggest city takes the lead in the poor air quality index, one artist and activist strugg…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Human rights, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, World news
‘She has won our hearts and minds’: can one woman unite the Baloch people in peaceful resistance?
With more than 70 people reportedly killed by rebels this week, Dr Mahrang Baloch’s effective and non-violent …
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Pakistan businesses reeling from slow internet blame testing for firewall
Government denies new cybersecurity measures responsible for up to 40% drop in internet speeds across the coun…
- Domestic violence, Global development, Life and style, Pakistan, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
She wanted a divorce so her father hacked her legs with an axe: how Pakistan fails women
Sobia Batool Shah is being protected in hospital after a mob of male relatives attacked her in a harrowing cas…
- Children, Children's health, Global development, Global health, Health, Islam, Pakistan, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Pakistani breast milk bank closes after Islamic clerics withdraw approval
Doctors deplore decision and point to country’s high neonatal mortality rate as bank, which opened in June, fo…
- Children, Education, Global development, Global education, Literacy, Pakistan, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Tall tales but no dessert: the storyteller of Karachi and his ice-cream cart library
In a country where 77% of 10-year-olds are illiterate, a reading scheme in Pakistan is reaching thousands of c…
- Access to energy, Business, Cost of living crisis, Food security, Global development, Imran Khan, Pakistan, Protest, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Pakistan in uproar as protests over soaring energy prices turn violent
Traders close shops, electricity bills are set alight and utility firm staff are attacked as anger rises over …
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‘We’d have died of hunger’: street kitchens feed millions in Pakistan
Lost jobs and soaring prices have pushed 5m Pakistanis to the edge. As demand soars at Ramadan, charities cann…
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Can Karachi’s women-only pink buses drive change in Pakistan?
Harassment by men on public transport is one reason why female participation in the workforce stands at only 2…
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Pakistan sends back hundreds of Afghan refugees to face Taliban repression
About 250,000 Afghan asylum seekers have arrived in Pakistan since August 2021, but a migrant crackdown has le…
- Culture, Film, Global development, LGBTQ+ rights, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘It’s not against Islam’: Pakistani trans actor tells of deep sadness over film ban
Exclusive: Alina Khan, star of award-winning Joyland, speaks out as the movie’s licence for domestic release i…
- Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, Global development, Humanitarian response, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Just a pile of mud’: Pakistani floods force family to rebuild home again
As well as losing livestock and crops, villagers must rebuild homes for a second time after floods destroyed t…