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Data analysis highlights the human cost if thousands of overseas projects lose fundingExperts have warned of “devastating” consequences of the UK’s foreign aid cuts after Guardian analysis revealed the UK is cutting funding at a time when major recipie…
Read MoreDemonstrations shut down Gwadar, where Chinese are blamed for lack of water and electricity and threat to local fishingProtests have erupted in Pakistan’s port city Gwadar against a severe shortage of water and electricity and threats to livelihoods bl…
Read MoreReturn to power of movement’s co-founder embodies Afghanistan’s inability to escape history of conflictTaliban enters Kabul – live updatesAbdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban leader freed from a Pakistani jail on the request of the US less than three years…
Read MoreHindu boy, accused of urinating in madrassa library, was youngest Pakistani to be charged for the crimePolice in Pakistan have dropped blasphemy charges against an eight-year-old Hindu boy after media and government pressure over his arrest.The boy, th…
Read MoreKaran Johar-produced film about Vikram Batra, who died in the 1999 India-Pakistan conflict, promotes him as a model citizen – with model looks to bootHot on the heels of Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, last year’s biopic of one of the hardier combatant…
Read MoreA series of big films this year will focus on Indian military conflicts with Pakistan, reflecting an escalation of political belligerenceIndia’s military will take a starring role this summer. On 12 August, in time for Independence day on the 15th, Ama…
Read MoreHindu boy faces possible death penalty after being accused of intentionally urinating in a madrassa libraryAn eight-year-old Hindu boy is being held in protective police custody in east Pakistan after becoming the youngest person ever to be charged wit…
Read MoreCritics of country’s military told by Met police of plots against them as security forces fear there may be an attack in BritainPakistani exiles living in London who have criticised the country’s powerful military have been warned that their lives are …
Read MoreAttack came after court bails eight-year-old Hindu boy who allegedly urinated in madrassa libraryPakistan on Thursday deployed paramilitary troops in a conservative town in the eastern Punjab province, a day after a Muslim crowd attacked and badly dama…
Read MoreVictim blaming is institutionalised, says Mariam Khan, and justice is often sacrificed on the altar of patriarchal influenceYour article (Pakistan reckons with its ‘gender terrorism epidemic’ after murder of Noor Mukadam, 2 August) ends with contact nu…
Read MoreVictims’s family speak of their heartbreak as brutal killing sparks national debate on lack of progress to end violence against womenThe family of a 27-year-old woman who was allegedly tortured and beheaded by the son of a business tycoon have spoken o…
Read MoreA roundup of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Haiti to Pakistan Continue reading…
Read MoreAllen’s climbing partners were rescued from world’s second highest mountainA Scottish climber has died in an avalanche on K2 as he attempted to take a new route to the summit.Rick Allen was attempting to climb the world’s second highest mountain to rai…
Read MoreGeneral Sir Nick Carter has been arranging meetings with contacts in Kabul and Pakistan to try to prevent a descent into civil warBritain’s top general, Sir Nick Carter, has been using his personal connections with Afghan and Pakistan leaders in a behi…
Read MoreSilsila Alikhil, 26, was badly beaten and held for over five hours in Islamabad, according to diplomatic sourcesThe daughter of Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan was abducted in the middle of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, held for several hour…
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