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Many Pakistanis think that Salam was opposed to making the bomb. Some say he played no role in it. This is wrong—he did want Pakistan to have the bomb, but felt that he had more important things to do ...
British Home Secretary Priti Patel on Wednesday confirmed that the U.K. has inked a deal allowing the extradition of “criminals” and “immigration offenders” from Britain to Pakistan. “I’m proud to ...
In her 2011 book, The State of Islam: Culture and Cold War Politics in Pakistan, Saadia Toor narrates an incident from 1999 at the office of Lahore’s “women lawyers” Asma Jahangir and Hina Jilani, ...
The Genesis of Baloch Nationalism: Politics and Ethnicity in Pakistan, 1947-1977 (Routledge 2018) by Salman Rafi Sheikh is clearly the most comprehensive and penetrating study of what the state of ...
NDMA Reports 10 More Deaths Due to Floods Total casualties due to rain-related incidents since mid-June climb to 830, with 1,348 people injured ...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday reiterated his accusations of ‘bias’ against Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja and warned of civil unrest if the incumbent ...
‘Ms. Marvel’ Steps Up The latest entry to the MCU offers compelling insight into South Asian and Muslim cultures but at-times stumbles to overcome stereotypes ...
Despite lip-service for equal treatment from nearly all governments, past and present, minorities in Pakistan continue to struggle for their civil rights in all aspects of their lives. The problem is ...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday renewed his allegations of the “neutrals”—his euphemism for the military establishment—being responsible for a “crackdown” against his ...
On Aug. 1, 2022, a U.S. drone strike killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. President Joe Biden, in a televised address, said that Zawahiri had “carved a trail of murder ...
Inside Pakistan’s most dangerous neighborhood. It was a public execution unprecedented in its brutality even by Karachi’s own gruesome standards. The criminal who had been lording over Lyari, the city ...
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Sunday emerged the clear winner in the first phase of local government elections—conducted in 14 districts—in Sindh province according to unofficial and unverified ...