Politics

The departures area at Islamabad International Airport: The dire state of Pakistan's economy and growing concerns about security are pushing citizens to the exit.
Economy

Pakistan brain drain accelerates in latest threat to ailing economy

Experts warn of talent erosion after nearly 1m workers left in 2022

16 February 2023
Pakistan briefly sought to ban Wikipedia before intervention from the top. Activists say the move is part of a larger pattern of trying to control the internet. (Source photos by AP and Yuki Kohara)
Politics

Pakistan bans, then unblocks, Wikipedia amid digital freedom fight

Government's internet policy could have profound economic effects: experts

7 February 2023
Soldiers and rescue workers survey the damage after a suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Terrorism

Deadly Peshawar mosque attack clouds Pakistan election timeline

Leaders ask for unity against terrorism after suicide bombing kills at least 100

1 February 2023
Taliban soldiers stand guard in Mes Aynak valley, around 40 km from Kabul, where China is eyeing massive copper reserves.
Terrorism

China's mining ambitions in Afghanistan haunted by militants

ISIS-K steps up threats and attacks as Beijing eyes oil and copper

26 January 2023
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a news conference in Lahore on Nov. 4, 2022.
Politics

Pakistan elections seen imminent after assembly dissolutions

Polls only way out of political crisis as ex-PM Khan strikes back against Sharif

17 January 2023
The economic crisis in Pakistan likely prompted army chief Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir to directly ask wealthy Saudi Arabia and the UAE for new monetary assistance. (Nikkei montage/AP)
International relations

Pakistan army chief assumes loan diplomacy role amid forex crisis

Munir's Saudi Arabia, UAE trips likely timed to avert Islamabad debt default

11 January 2023
An unregistered Afghan refugee near the Torkham border crossing in Pakistan: Women have compelling reasons to flee a regime that is stripping away their rights but face an uncertain future in crisis-hit Pakistan. (Photo by Jamaima Afridi)
Asia Insight

Afghan women fleeing to Pakistan trade precarious life for another

U.N. seeks 'durable solutions' in 2023 as Islamabad's crises cloud outlook

10 January 2023
Pakistani soldiers guard a road leading to Bannu on Dec. 20 where TTP militants took hostages at a counterterrorism center.
Terrorism

Pakistan hints at strikes in Afghanistan amid twin Taliban threats

Experts warn of worsening cross-border ties, say U.S. support essential

6 January 2023
The leader of a rights movement in Pakistan's port town of Gwadar argues residents are not benefiting from China-backed development.
Belt and Road

Pakistan's Belt and Road hub Gwadar hit by protest clampdown

Tensions risk damaging town's prospects as Chinese investment destination

2 January 2023
Rescue workers and police officers gather at the site of a suicide car bombing in Islamabad on Dec. 23. 
Terrorism

Suicide bombing in Islamabad kills 2 suspects and policeman

Attack comes two days after a Pakistani military operation killed 25 TTP militants

24 December 2022
Security officers guard a road leading to a counterterrorism center in Bannu, Pakistan that was seized by Taliban militants.
Opinion

Pakistan will need more than force to quash its Taliban threat

Authorities must work with local residents to squeeze out militants

23 December 2022
Chinese workers arrive in Gwadar, Pakistan, in 2017. A local protest leader has warned Chinese nationals to leave as he pressures the Pakistani government to meet his demands.
International relations

Gwadar protest leader warns Chinese to leave key Belt and Road port

Pakistani government faces increasingly confrontational local rights movement

22 December 2022
A man injured by shells fired by Afghan forces receives treatment at a hospital in Chaman, Pakistan, on Dec. 15.
International relations

Pakistan-Afghanistan ties fray as Taliban forces shell civilians

Experts see Islamabad maintaining restraint despite multiple deaths near border

17 December 2022
A crude oil tanker is anchored at a terminal near the Russian port of Nakhodka on Dec. 4. Pakistan is poised to import oil from Russia by sea.
International relations

Pakistan to buy discounted Russian oil to ease economic pains

Experts downplay worries over irking U.S., Islamabad faces long wait for LNG

9 December 2022
Pakistani security officials inspect a damaged truck at the site of suicide bombing on the outskirts of Quetta on Nov. 30.
International relations

U.S. signals support for Pakistan against resurgent terror threats

'Full set of tools' to fight Taliban group, al-Qaida branch hiding in Afghanistan

7 December 2022
Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan sit on scaffoldings to see their leader speak on Nov. 26. He announced a halt to major protests and plans to quit provincial assemblies.
Politics

Imran Khan attempts provincial power play to spur Pakistan polls

4 things to know about the ousted prime minister's shifting strategy

2 December 2022
Pakistani cricket fans watch the T20 World Cup final, held in Australia, on a big screen in Karachi on Nov. 13.
Sports

Cricket-crazy Pakistan hosts England in a respite from crises

Embattled nation aims to prove it can ensure safety to unlock opportunities

1 December 2022
Protesters gather with the body of a school bus driver killed by a gunman in Mingora, in Pakistan's province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in October. The region is facing rising violence, much of it blamed on the Pakistani branch of the Taliban.
Terrorism

Pakistan's Taliban scraps cease-fire as political turmoil festers

Militants step up attacks, testing cash-strapped government and next army chief

29 November 2022
Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir has been nominated by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to lead the country's powerful army.
Politics

Pakistan nominates next army chief as incumbent blasts Imran Khan

Munir to succeed Bajwa, who takes parting shot at ousted PM over 'false' conspiracy

24 November 2022
Residents walk through flood water as they head to their villages in Sehwan, Pakistan on Sept. 6: Empowered authorities on the ground could have better handled evacuations.
Opinion

Climate change not only reason for Pakistan's flooding toll

Political parties' failure to empower local authorities left millions helpless

23 November 2022
The imminent retirement of Pakistan's Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, has sent the rumor mill into overdrive regarding his successor.
Politics

Pakistan nears moment of truth in army chief sweepstakes

Government's nomination of 'real boss' critical for democracy and stability

18 November 2022
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Nov. 8.
COP27

Pay for climate change, Pakistan and others tell rich nations

Prime Minister Sharif calls his country's floods a 'man-made disaster' at COP27

9 November 2022
Flaring, or burning off gas from oil production, is a key emitter of methane -- the second-most common greenhouse gas and the most powerful one.
Asia Insight

Soaring methane emissions raise stakes for Asia at COP27

Poor nations face astronomical cost as cycle of warming, thawing spins out of control

8 November 2022
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan sits in a wheelchair as he meets the press at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre in Lahore on Nov. 4.
Politics

Pakistan 'long march' to resume as wounded Imran Khan wins sympathy

Recovering from shooting, ex-PM to address protesters online at first

8 November 2022
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, left, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inspect an honor guard in Beijing on Nov. 2.
International relations

Pakistan PM Sharif's China trip brings 'more words, little action'

Experts say Beijing wants better security as turmoil rocks Islamabad

4 November 2022