List of Pakistan articles
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TURKPIPE The Afghanistan Land Bridge Is Finally Here
A long-awaited gas pipeline could bring prosperity and stability to some of the poorest countries in Central and South Asia. But can the project survive Kandahar?
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Pakistani devotees leave after offering Eid prayers at the start of the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan at the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore on July 18, 2015. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of the month of Ramadan, after the sighting of the new crescent moon. AFP PHOTO / Arif ALI (Photo credit should read Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images) Pakistan’s Failed War On Ideology
Pakistan may be winning the war against radicals on the battlefield, but it’s losing the war for hearts and minds.
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The supreme commander of the Pakistani army General Raheel Sharif salutes as he inspects a military honor guard at the Pakistani army's headquarters in Islamabad on December 9, 2015. AFP PHOTO / POOL / KAY NIETFELD / AFP / POOL / KAY NIETFELD (Photo credit should read KAY NIETFELD/AFP/Getty Images) The False Savior of Pakistan
Pakistanis hope that the army’s new chief of staff, Raheel Sharif, will crack down on militants and boost security. But can one man change a corrupt legal system and prejudiced security infrastructure?
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GettyImages-462403202 Fast, Radioactive, and Out of Control
India is not adequately safeguarding its booming nuclear installations and material, U.S. officials and experts say.
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GRAFENRHEINFELD, GERMANY - JUNE 11: Steam rises from the Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant as electricity pylons stand before it at night on June 11, 2015 near Grafenrheinfeld, Germany. The Grafenrheinfeld plant, which is owned by German utilitiy E.ON and has been in operation since 1981, is scheduled to cease operation later this month on June 27. Germany is withdrawing itself from nuclear energy reliance and has established ambitious goals for increasing its capacity of renewable energy sources. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Pakistan Needs a Nuclear Future, Not a Nuclear Deal
A nuclear agreement between Pakistan and the United States benefits everyone. Except Pakistan.
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After the walls went up, behind them construction began on a vasdt runway intended for unmanned aerial reconnaissance vehicles, and drones. India Is Building a Top-Secret Nuclear City to Produce Thermonuclear Weapons, Experts Say
The weapons could upgrade India as a nuclear power — and deeply unsettle Pakistan and China.
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Pakistani lawyers and civil society activists shout slogans as they hold lighted candles during a vigil in Islamabad on December 22, 2014, held for schoolchildren children and teachers killed in an attack by Taliban militants on an army-run school in Peshawar. Pakistan plans to execute around 500 militants in coming weeks, officials said, after the government lifted a moratorium on the death penalty in terror cases following a Taliban school massacre. Six militants have been hanged since December 19 amid rising public anger over the December 16 slaughter in the northwestern city of Peshawar, which left 149 people dead including 133 children. AFP PHOTO/ Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images) A Year After the Deadly Peshawar School Massacre, Pakistan Is No Safer
To honor those killed one year ago, Islamabad must fully enforce a bold plan to curb terrorism and increase security.
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A Pakistani army soldier stands guard on the rubble of collapsed building at a suicide bomb blast site in the village of Shadi Khan some 70kms north-west of Islamabad on August 16, 2015. A suicide bomber killed a Pakistani provincial minister and at least nine other people at a building where the minister was holding a meeting, officials said. AFP PHOTO/ Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images) Actually, Pakistan Is Winning Its War on Terror
With cozy ties between extremists and Islamabad on the decline, militants now face a more resolved and committed effort to eliminate them.
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 27: A boy dances as he and others participate during the 4th Delhi Queer Pride 2011 March on November 27, 2011 in New Delhi, India. India's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community celebrated the 4th Delhi Queer Pride March with a parade through the streets of Delhi. People gathered to protest violence, harassment and discrimination faced by the LGBT community in India. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) India: A Microcosm of Tensions on LGBT Rights
South Asia stands in the middle of a deep divide on LGBT rights in the international community and reframes the existing narrative of LGBT rights as only a Western value.
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Pakistani paramilitary soldiers patrol a street during a procession by Shiite Muslims held on the seventh day of Muharram to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Quetta on October 21, 2015. The Islamic month of Muharram marks the seven-century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein who was killed in battle in Karbala in Iraq 680 AD. AFP PHOTO/ Banaras KHAN (Photo credit should read BANARAS KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) How I Became a Casualty of Pakistan’s Silent War on Speech
As Pakistan boasts about its recent counter-terrorism success, it continues to stifle journalists and other essential voices of dissent.
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GettyImages-499792010 FBI: San Bernardino Massacre Is an Act of Terrorism
The FBI is investigating the San Bernardino attack as terrorism.
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani inspects a guard of honour of Indian troops during a Ceremonial Reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on April 28, 2015. Ghani is on a three day visit to India. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images) Ghani’s Pivot Away From Pakistan
Reaching out to India may bring immediate benefits for Afghanistan, but will weakening ties with Pakistan be the cost?
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An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier fires a rifle during an ongoing anti-Taliban operation in Dangam district near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in eastern Kunar province on January 17, 2015. Afghan security forces have launched a joint anti-militant operation in parts of Dangam, killing 199 armed insurgents and wounding 112 others, Afghan National Army Commander Zaman Waziri said. AFP PHOTO / Noorullah Shirzada (Photo credit should read Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images) In Nangarhar, IS Recruits Amidst Af-Pak Border Tensions
IS recruits in Afghanistan’s weak border province, but can they avoid the long-standing mistrust and shifting loyalties that characterize the Af-Pak border?
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ALLAHABAD, INDIA - 2014/09/20: An Indian youth walks over dried mud on the banks of a river after waters from the seasonal monsoon rains receded in Allahabad. The southwest monsoon began receding from northern India and is unlikely to revive, Indian meteorological officials said, with this year's season regarded as deficient. (Photo by Prabhat Kumar Verma/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) How Can Climate Change Trigger Conflict in South Asia?
Policymakers in South Asia need to act fast before the region’s inherent conflicts entwined with the ravages of climate change overtake them.
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Pakistan's Adviser for National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz (R) speaks with Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal during a joint press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad on January 7, 2014. Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on January 7 the kingdom would not intervene to get Pakistan's former ruler Pervez Musharraf out of the country before his trial for treason. Musharraf is facing a special treason tribunal in Islamabad over his imposition of emergency rule in 2007 and could face the death penalty if he is convicted. AFP PHOTO/Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images) Pakistan’s Middle East Problem
In the wake of IS’s deadly attacks on Paris and Beirut, Pakistan must rethink its position on the Middle East for the sake of its own stability.
