Politics

A supporter of Pakistan former Prime Minister Imran Khan attends a protest in Karachi after the assassination attempt.
Politics

Pakistan's Imran Khan survives assassination bid as protests flare

Former PM demands top officials be investigated for attack, prompting gag order

4 November 2022
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, pictured at the United Nations General Assembly in September, has flown to China to discuss infrastructure and financial support.
International relations

Pakistan PM Sharif lands in Beijing to discuss economy, debt

Leader to be one of first to meet Xi since he sealed third term in power

1 November 2022
Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh will host the 27th annual United Nations climate change conference (COP27) from Nov. 6 to 18.
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30 October 2022
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, center, gestures to his supporters in Lahore on Oct. 28, launching his protest march to Islamabad.
Politics

Pakistan ex-PM Khan starts march to capital, pressuring government

Experts say ousted leader will remain a 'thorn' even if bid for early election fails

28 October 2022
The revival of the Karachi Circular Railway inner-city train service is among the projects on the agenda for Pakistan's talks with China.
Belt and Road

Pakistan, China aim to jump-start Belt and Road plans in key talks

Islamabad said to accept higher railway cost before PM Sharif's trip to Beijing

28 October 2022
Pakistan's floodwaters have been receding in some areas, but others remain inundated. Here, a girl sits on a cot in a flooded street in the Jaffarabad district of Balochistan on Oct. 4.
Natural disasters

Malaria, snakes, misery: Pakistan flood victims wait for elusive aid

Approach of winter raises fears of pneumonia, missed planting season

26 October 2022
In possibly his last big diplomatic move before retiring, Pakistan's army chief, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, presented Washington with a vision for relations "much like the Americans' understanding with South Korea."
Asia Insight

Pakistan's top gun seeks U.S.-China balance before retirement

Gen. Bajwa's diplomatic ambitions clash with domestic political tensions

25 October 2022
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses an anti-government rally in Islamabad in August. The election authority on Oct. 21 disqualified him from public office.
Politics

Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan disqualified from public office

PTI party calls for protests over election body's ruling in state gifts case

23 October 2022
A guard stands in a watchtower of Kashgar prison in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China on May 3, 2021.
International relations

U.N. rights council rejects debate on China's treatment of Uyghurs

Motion to discuss Xinjiang suffers rare defeat as Indonesia and Pakistan oppose it

6 October 2022
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan gives a speech in Peshawar on Sept. 6. Access to YouTube was disrupted during the live-streamed address.
Politics

Pakistan ex-PM Khan feels squeeze from TV, YouTube, VPN curbs

Ousted leader says he faces 'blackout' as some question his own record on censorship

3 October 2022
A Pakistan military helicopter: A recent crash has turned a spotlight on separatist insurgents in Balochistan, though experts question their claims that they shot the aircraft down.
Politics

Pakistan army helicopter crash stirs rumors, spotlights insurgency

Experts link increased Baloch militant activity to destabilization in Afghanistan

30 September 2022
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari trade places to deliver remarks after meeting at the State Department in Washington on Sept. 26.
International relations

India, China loom over Pakistan's push to repair ties with U.S.

Restart of Washington's military assistance to Islamabad upsets New Delhi

28 September 2022
Pakistan's Ishaq Dar in 2016. 
Politics

Ishaq Dar to become Pakistan's finance minister for fourth time

Appointment comes at time of economic crisis and floods

27 September 2022
A vendor sells vegetables in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Aug. 31. The country's inflation rate hit 27.3% in the month, the highest in decades.
Economy

Pakistan's IMF loan shows few signs of stopping economic slide

'Hope is not a strategy,' economist says, calling for more drastic measures

24 September 2022
Pakistan's embattled former Prime Minister Imran Khan arrives for a court appearance in early September.
Politics

Pakistan's Imran Khan faces indictment but PM Sharif feels the heat

Ex-leader's contempt case may foil comeback, yet experts see risks for government

21 September 2022
A report by Freedom House says the Chinese Communist Party "and its proxies are using more sophisticated and coercive tactics to shape media narratives and suppress critical reporting" -- accusations Beijing rejects.
Asia Insight

China builds global media muscle to amplify its message

Study shows how country with dismal press freedom record sways reporting abroad

20 September 2022
The logo of the Belt and Road Forum held in Beijing 2019
Belt and Road

China slows foreign lending as Belt and Road problem loans triple

Sri Lanka falls into debt crisis while Pakistan is strapped for cash

20 September 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, meets Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 16.
International relations

Pakistan and China hail 'brotherhood' but IMF terms spell friction

Xi-Sharif meeting overshadowed by Islamabad's need to renegotiate power deals

17 September 2022
Family members sit on rope beds beside their damaged house in Dera Allah Yar, Balochistan, on Aug. 25: Pakistan's floods should be a wake-up call for the world.
Opinion

Pakistan is owed reparations, not aid, by U.S. and China

Polluting countries owe debt for climate-change harms

16 September 2022
After record rain during this year's monsoon season, much of Pakistan was overwhelmed by floods in late August. These submerged buildings are in Jafferabad, Balochistan.
The Big Story

Pakistan floods drive calls for climate justice

The rift between rich, carbon-emitting countries and the vulnerable, developing world is widening

14 September 2022
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at a civic ceremony in New Delhi during the Royal Tour of India, circa January 1961.
International relations

Legacy of decency: Asian leaders pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

Monarch was frequent visitor to region during her 70-year reign

9 September 2022
A man wades through floodwaters at a market in Sehwan, Pakistan, on Sept. 6. Many of the international aid groups that would normally be stepping in to help are barred from the country.
Natural disasters

Floods press Pakistan to lift NGO bans imposed after bin Laden raid

Calls grow for Islamabad to put aside suspicions, tap funds and expertise

7 September 2022
The Afghan Taliban's Acting Minister of Defense Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob accused Pakistan of allowing the U.S. to use its airspace for the drone strike that killed al-Qaida's leader.
International relations

Pakistan-Taliban drone strike spat keeps ties in downward spiral

Afghan rulers needle Islamabad over killing of al-Qaida chief, cozy up to India

2 September 2022
Nowshera, in Pakistan's province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Aug. 29: The climate minister has said that a third of the country has been flooded.
Economy

Flood-hit Pakistan faces swirling risks despite IMF lifeline

$1.1bn loan eases fears of default but climate and politics pummel Sharif government

30 August 2022
Inflation is forcing many households in Pakistan to cut back on meals. 
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28 August 2022