投稿者: Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Shah Meer Baloch
Rebellion fuelled by violent tactics of Pakistani military has become increasingly sophisticatedNo one knows how Kamran Hasan became a militant. The history-loving 23-year-old had returned home from Islamabad, where he worked as a chartered accountant,…
Rebellion fuelled by violent tactics of Pakistani military has become increasingly sophisticatedNo one knows how Kamran Hasan became a militant. The history-loving 23-year-old had returned home from Islamabad, where he worked as a chartered accountant,…
Khan arrested in Lahore after court ruling bans him from politics for five years for corruptionPakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been arrested after a court in Islamabad sentenced him to three years in jail and disqualified him from polit…
Khan, ousted from power last year, was appearing in court to face corruption charges Internet services have been suspended across Pakistan after violence erupted when the former prime minister, Imran Khan, was arrested at a court appearance in Islamaba…
After surviving an assassination attempt, many believe ex-PM could use his support to press army to back a return to powerIt will be the moment that Imran Khan has been building up to for weeks. On Saturday, Pakistan’s toppled prime minister and former…
Pakistan’s prime minister found to have broken the law by attempting to stop vote going ahead Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, has lost a no-confidence vote in parliament after a dramatic week in which he violated the constitution in an attempt t…
Crowds reportedly led by Islamic clerics attempt to destroy ancient shrine in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regionA violent religious mob has set fire to a Hindu temple in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region and attempted to tear it to the ground.Crowds of thous…
Dating app ban is move to appease conservative factions and sign of weakness, say criticsFor Hamza Baloch, Grindr was a life-changer. As a gay man in Pakistan, an Islamic republic where homosexuality carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, his …
Patients are looking for cure as healthcare system is on brink of collapse, say doctors Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs coronavirus chaos has enveloped Pakistan, with hospitals overflowing, doctors dying and infections es…
Farmers faced with worst plague in recent history say they have been left to fend for themselvesMir Gul Muhammad, a farmer in Balochistan province, was blunt. “The worst that we have ever seen, ever, in our whole life,” he said of the swarms of locusts…
Sajid Hussain’s body was found in a river abroad after his work earned him death threats at homeIt was late at night on 30 April and Wajid Hussain was still in his office when the phone rang. A voice on the other end, 5,000 miles away from him in Pakis…
The group have been confined to a hostel for three weeks and want their government to help them fly back home Coronavirus latest updates Hundreds of Pakistani students trapped in the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak have said they…
Journalists face blanked-out articles, pulled funding and channel shutdown if they dare to criticise the state For almost five years, Talat Hussain, a well-known Pakistani journalist, hosted a popular current affairs talk show on Geo TV, openly discuss…