List of Pakistan articles
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FP_podcast_article_artwork-1-globalthinkers From Bombs to Books
David Rothkopf talks to Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai and her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, on education equality and the value of dreaming big.
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Lahore, PAKISTAN: Pakistani activists of Islami Jamiat Tulba carry a poster of Pakistan's nuclear pioneer Abdul Qadeer Khan and a model of Ghauri ballistic missile during a rally in Lahore, 28 May 2007, to mark the Pakistan?s nuclear test anniversary which was conducted in 1998. Khan, 70, has been kept under virtual house arrest at his house in Islamabad since he publicly confessing in 2004 to proliferating nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea. AFP PHOTO/Arif ALI (Photo credit should read Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images) Duck and Cover in Pakistan
Pakistan’s rapid nuclearization is a worrisome development. U.S. aid must impose strong conditions to discourage nuclear expansion.
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Indian police try to detain supporters of the hardline faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Confrence (APHC) as they clash during a protest following the house arrest of APHC leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani in Srinagar on August 23, 2015. Geelani was placed under house arrest shortly before attempting to leave his residence to address a seminar organised by the APHC. Police used tear smoke shells and water cannons to disperse hundreds of supporters protesting Geelani's arrest. AFP PHOTO/ Tauseef MUSTAFA (Photo credit should read TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images) Crisis Mode in South Asia
The best hope India and Pakistan have for moving forward is dealing with all of their issues simultaneously instead of piecemeal.
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An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier keeps watch at the Forward Base in Nari district near the army outpost in Kunar province on the border with Pakistan on February 24, 2014. The Taliban stormed an Afghan army outpost in the eastern Kunar province bordering Pakistan, killing 21 soldiers and kidnapping seven, an official said. The volatile border area is dominated by militants who often use improvised explosive devices to target soldiers, but this attack saw the highest casualty count in a single incident in recent months. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) Dangerous Trajectory
Afghan and Pakistani relations are in a downward spiral, moving towards a level not witnessed in more than 25 years.
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SIERRA VISTA, AZ - MARCH 07: Maintenence personel check a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before its surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona. The OAM, which is part of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, flies the unmanned - and unarmed - MQ-9 Predator B aircraft an average of 12 hours per day at around 19,000 feet over southern Arizona. The drones, piloted from the ground, search for drug smugglers and immigrants crossing illegally from Mexico into the United States. Due to federal sequestration cuts, Customs and Border Protection is expected to lose $500 million from its budget, and OAM staff at Ft. Huachuca are now taking unpaid furlough days once every two weeks. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) The U.S. and Israel Aren’t the Only Countries Killing People With Drones
The United Kingdom and Pakistan announced deaths by drone strike this week, joining a growing group of countries that use armed UAVs to strike.
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Visiting Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (2nd R) alights from his aircraft at the Nur Khan air base in Rawalpindi on November 14, 2014. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani arrived for his first visit to neighbouring Pakistan, seeking to improve ties crucial to his hopes of reviving Taliban peace talks as US troops end their 13-year war. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images) Reconciliation Foolosophy II
The worrisome push for political accommodation with the Taliban continues.
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Pakistani army rescuers arrive at the site of a suicide blast 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) The Sectarian Dilemma in Pakistan
If Pakistan is to become truly terror free, it should be ready to pay any price to rein in the sectarian militant groups.
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An employee counts USD notes at a money change outlet in Jakarta on June 14, 2013. Indonesia's central bank unexpectedly hiked interest rates for the first time in more than two years as it seeks to boost confidence in the rupiah after the currency fell to a four-year low. AFP PHOTO / Bay ISMOYO (Photo credit should read BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images) Playing Hardball with Aid to Pakistan
The United States is putting tougher conditions on its aid money to Pakistan. And Pakistan might just tell the United States to take a walk.
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KATHMANDU, NEPAL - NOVEMBER 26: Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan, walks behind Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inaugural session of the 18th SAARC Summit on November 26, 2014 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepal is hosting the 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit in Kathmandu, which will be attended by leaders of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Nepal. Nepal is hosting the SAARC Summit for the third time, which was first held in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1985. Some of the key issues to be discussed during the Summit will include three key framework agreements between SAARC countries to enhance rail and road connectivity and to set up a regional power grid. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha - Pool/Getty Images) In With the Old: India-Pakistan Relations at a Standstill
India and Pakistan recently cancelled a scheduled meeting between the countries' national security advisers proving that normalization of relations is not a priority for either country.
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PHOTO PACKAGE 4 OF 12 MORE IN IMAGEFORUM Pakistani drug addict holds a syringe after injecting heroin on a street in "Kala Pull" (Black Bridge) district of Karachi on July 25, 2011. Pakistan has more than four million drug addicts in its population of 170 million, according to figures compiled by the country's Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF). Pakistan?s Central Secretary General of Council of Herbal Physician Hakeem Qazi M.A. Khalid said that around 50 billion rupees were wasted in drug addiction every year in the country and 130,000 people took intoxicants through injections while 80 percent addicts used the same syringes which were also cause of fatal diseases. Most of the heroin is smuggled from neighbouring Afghanistan through Pakistan's northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images) Pakistan’s Drug Crisis in Numbers
The Anti Narcotics Force grossly inflates the number of drug related deaths in Pakistan. In reality, the numbers are much lower.
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Photo by Jason Dixson Photography. www.jasondixson.com Malala: Nations Should Spend Money on ‘Books, Not Bombs’
In an event co-hosted by Foreign Policy in Washington, Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai called on governments to redirect their military spending to schools.
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GettyImages-151866505crop Capping Months of Debate, White House Appoints Top Hostage Recovery Official
The White House announced Friday that former diplomat James O’Brien has been tapped for the role.
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Indian trucks are seen parked at the Trade Facilitation Centre in Chakoti, just inside Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on January 24, 2014. Trade between India and Pakistan across the de facto border in Kashmir has been suspended following the arrest of a truck driver accused of smuggling heroin, a Pakistani official said. All movement along the Line of Control (LoC), which divides the disputed Himalayan region, has been suspended after Indian authorities detained a Pakistani truck driver for allegedly carrying 114 kilograms (250 pounds) of heroin, said the official. AFP PHOTO/SAJJAD QAYYUM (Photo credit should read SAJJAD QAYYUM/AFP/Getty Images) Pakistani Hate, Indian Disdain
Pakistan and India needed to meet to show the world that they are ready to talk about Kashmir. But before they can talk, they must overcome their animosity.
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Pakistani labourers arrange a welcoming billboard featuring pictures of visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) and his Pakistani counterpart Mamnoon Hussain (L) and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (R) in Islamabad on April 18, 2015. Pakistan needs a "huge amount of financing" for infrastructure and energy projects and China is ready to announce help when President Xi Jinping visits next week, a foreign ministry official said April 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO / Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images) Today’s question: How much should we pay China to take Pakistan off our hands?
I think I understand why China is reaching out to Pakistan. Still, friends like those...
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Afghan police and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb in Kabul on August 22, 2015. A suicide car bomb apparently targeting a foreign forces convoy killed three people in downtown Kabul on August 22, officials said, underlining the precarious security situation in the Afghan capital following a recent wave of fatal bombings. AFP PHOTO / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images) Afghanistan, Choose Your Enemies Wisely
The Taliban’s new leadership may be the last decent opportunity for a political solution to the conflict. Without one, the Islamic State will make Afghanistan the next Iraq or Syria.
