List of Pakistan articles
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Veiled Pakistani women choose Valentine's Day gifts at a shop in Peshawar on February 11, 2011. A number of shopping centers in Pakistan are full of gifts including cards, stuffed toys, chocolates and miscellaneous items for Valentine's Day celebrated on February 14. AFP PHOTO/ A. MAJEED (Photo credit should read A. MAJEED/AFP/Getty Images) Love and Politics: Valentine’s Day in Pakistan
On Feb. 14, liberal activists in Pakistan gathered to share a provocative message: secular or religious, Pakistanis deserve to celebrate whatever holiday they want.
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<> on November 17, 2015 in Indian Springs, Nevada. Obama’s Drone Policy Gets an ‘F’
A leading think tank says the White House has failed to lift the veil of secrecy obscuring key details of its lethal drone program.
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GettyImages-470813652 Why Won’t the White House Pay for Warren Weinstein’s Death?
Warren Weinstein's family is pressing the federal government to compensate them for his death.
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GettyImages-493750442_2-17 Stop Writing Pakistan Blank Checks
Billions of taxpayer dollars spent on development assistance have propped up the most repressive elements in Pakistani society. So it's time to alter the deal.
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Pakistani fighters F-16 fly on November 4, 2013 during in the Azm-e-Nau-4" (New Resolve) military exercise in Khairpure Tamay Wali in Bahawalpur distirict. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on November 4 warned peace could not be achieved "by unleashing senseless force", in his first public speech since a US drone strike killed Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud. AFP PHOTO / Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images) Pakistan, Top U.S. Lawmaker Trade Blows Over F-16 Deal
Long-simmering tensions between Congress and Pakistan over Islamabad’s alleged support for terrorist groups burst into public view on Thursday as officials from both nations traded blows over the proposed U.S. sale of F-16 warplanes to the southwest Asian nation.
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EXETER, NH - FEBRUARY 04: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Exeter Town Hall on February 4, 2016 in Exeter, New Hampshire. Democratic and Republican Presidential candidates are stumping for votes throughout New Hampshire leading up to the Presidential Primary on February 9th. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ‘The Rise of the American Taliban’
Pakistan’s elite on the Trump phenomenon.
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Pakistani students shout slogans against the attack on Bacha Khan University in Charsadda on January 25, 2016. Pakistan has pledged further action to combat militants, but Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif admitted progress had often been slow, speaking just days after a deadly attack by heavily armed gunmen on a university campus killed 21 people. AFP PHOTO / A MAJEED / AFP / A Majeed (Photo credit should read A MAJEED/AFP/Getty Images) Identity Goes Beyond Islam in Pakistan
A country founded on the basis of religious identity, Pakistan must now embrace ethnic pluralism to find unity in the fight against terrorism.
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FP_podcast_article_artwork-1-globalthinkers Newscast: What Looms on the 2016 Horizon
From China’s economic downturn to the lifting of sanctions on Iran, this week’s panel reviews the scariest, biggest, and most important stories in the year ahead.
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Mulana Masood Azhar (3rd R), head of an outlawed militant organization of Jaish-e-Mohammad makes his way towards a mosque in Peshawar 30 May 2003. Azhar, who was prevented from speaking at press conference, delivered Friday prayer sermon in which he hailed Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and the Taliban's spiritual leader Mullah Omar as heroes. AFP PHOTO/Tariq MAHMOOD (Photo credit should read TARIQ MAHMOOD/AFP/Getty Images) Pakistan’s Perpetual Militant Feedback Loop
In the wake of a recent attack in India, Islamabad is again pledging to get tough on militants. Why should this time be any different?
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503973708 Pakistan’s Juggling Act
To maintain its economic stability and security, Pakistan must stay neutral amid rising tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
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FT. BRAGG, NC - DECEMBER 22: Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho, leaves a military courthouse on December 22, 2015 in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. Bergdahl was arraigned on charges of desertion and endangering troops stemming from his decision to leave his outpost in Afghanistan in 2009. He was captured by the Taliban and spent five years in captivity before being freed in a prisoner exchange. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images) ‘Serial’ Recap: ‘Meanwhile, in Tampa’
In the newest episode of the popular podcast, military personnel working to find Bowe Bergdahl say they felt indifference and outright hostility towards the missing soldier.
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PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN - JANUARY 20: (EDITORS NOTE: Image depicts death.) Body of a militant is seen after Pakistani Taliban gunmen stormed Bacha Khan University's campus in the Charsadda town of Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan on January 20, 2016. (Photo by Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Dozens Dead After Terrorist Rampage at Pakistani University
It remains unclear who is responsible for a deadly terrorist attack that left dozens dead at a Pakistani university Wednesday.
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Shiite Muslim Iraqis, including supporters of the Shiite group Asaib Ahl al-Haq (The League of the Righteous), hold banners bearing portraits of prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr during a demonstration in the Iraqi mainly Shiite southern city of Basra on January 6, 2016 against al-Nimr's execution by Saudi authorities in Saudi Arabia last week. AFP PHOTO / HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI / AFP / HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP/Getty Images) Pakistan’s Pivot
Pakistan’s new found economic independence makes it less reliant on long-time ally Saudi Arabia. After Saudi’s execution of a top Shia cleric, will Pakistan move away for good?
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487273600 Break the Taliban By Building Schools
Pakistan continues to neglect its responsibility for and in the classroom. For a prosperous FATA, this must change.
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Pakistani Rangers carry the coffin of a colleague killed during an assault by militants on Karachi airport during funeral ceremonies in Karachi on June 9, 2014. Twenty-eight people were killed as Pakistan's military fought an all-night battle with Taliban gunmen who besieged Karachi airport armed with rocket launchers and suicide vests, leaving a nascent peace process in tatters. Ten militants were among the dead, officials said, as Pakistan's biggest city witnessed a return of the kind of spectacular offensive waged before by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during an insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives since 2007. AFP PHOTO/Rizwan TABASSUM (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images) Pakistani Taliban Boast of a Deadly and Productive 2015
The Pakistani Taliban bragged Monday that they have killed more than 680 people this year.
