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Former chief justice allegedly heard on tape admitting pressure was brought to bear in case against ex-PMThe independence of Pakistan’s judiciary has been called into question after the emergence of an audio recording in which a former chief justice is…
Read MoreOfficials hope three-day weekend will help reduce toxic pollution levels in country’s second largest cityPakistan has ordered private offices and schools to remain closed on Mondays in Lahore in the hope that a three-day weekend will help reduce toxic …
Read MoreA roundup of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Pakistan to Poland Continue reading…
Read MoreCriminalisation means survivors are vulnerable to blackmail to avoid imprisonment and stigma, but there is hope the colonial-era legislation could soon be repealedIt was when the police knocked on Aatifa Farooqui’s* door and threatened to send her to p…
Read MoreAfter a vicious beating, Fatima Ahmadi fled Afghanistan with her children for Pakistan. But her pleas for asylum in the west are met by silenceFatima Ahmadi only stopped screaming when the Taliban held a knife to her child’s throat, and told her: “Shut…
Read MoreWave of abductions amid military crackdown in conservative Balochistan province has mobilised women to protestThe surroundings of the Missing Persons protest camp in Pakistan’s troubled region of Balochistan are sadly familiar to 12-year-old Ansa. For …
Read MoreMilitary files of Indian troops left unread in Pakistan museum for 97 years go onlineThe records of 320,000 troops from the Punjab who fought in the first world war, left unread in a basement for 97 years, have been disclosed by UK-based historians to …
Read MoreEconomic meltdown heaps pressure on Pakistani PM, with record inflation bringing threat of unrestOn Friday night, 27-year-old Asadullah, who sold old shoes on a cart, set himself on fire in the Pakistani city of Karachi.Ghani, a relative, blamed the st…
Read MoreFour-week truce could be extended, opening the possibility of a fuller peace accord to help end years of bloodshedPakistani authorities and local Taliban militants have agreed a one-month ceasefire which may be extended if both sides agree, opening the…
Read MoreThe photographs of Marilyn Stafford, who has died aged 97, set an example for female photographers across the world. Her pictures – many of which lay undiscovered for years – covered fashion on the streets of Paris to the Algerian war of independence, …
Read MorePhysicist hailed as the father of Pakistan’s atomic weapons industry who confessed to smuggling nuclear secretsThe father of Pakistan’s atomic weapons industry and the greatest proliferator of nuclear weapons in history, Abdul Qadeer Khan, who has died…
Read MoreCountry’s interior minister says supporters of outlawed party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan opened fire at rally near LahoreAt least three Pakistani police officers were shot dead and 70 more wounded when supporters of a banned Islamist party opened fire …
Read MoreSupporters of Tehreek-e-Labiak Pakistan party are massing before rally in Islamabad to demand release of their leaderThousands of supporters of a banned radical Islamist party have departed from the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore, clashing with police…
Read MoreShortage of specialised doctors in Afghanistan means patients seek lifesaving care in Pakistan, but conventions have changedFareed Ullah has crossed Afghanistan’s border to Pakistan 10 times for treatment for his three-year-old son, Taha, who has thala…
Read MorePM pays tribute to ‘national icon’ who turned country into atomic power but later admitted smuggling nuclear secretsAbdul Qadeer Khan, considered to be the father of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme and later accused of smuggling technology to Iran…
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