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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mahmood Ali Ayub and Syed Turab Hussain have put together Candles in the Dark: Successful Organizations in Pakistan’s Weak Organizational Environment (OUP 2016), giving insight into the objective ...

In his books on Pakistan and India, the American historian, who died aged 91, had much knowledge to impart On March 12, 2019, the former Managing Director of Oxford University Press in Pakistan, ...

Afghanistan: Charisma and Corruption The rise and fall of Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president who ruled the country for 13 years ...

Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman on Sunday administered oath of office as members of the provincial cabinet to 37 lawmakers, triggering protests from the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and ...

Defense Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday acknowledged the rise of terrorism in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province following the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul last year, adding that the worsening law and ...