Regions / South Asia / Pakistan
Articles about Pakistan, ordered by date. 
‘One of the most hated words in Pakistan is “liberal”’
Pervez Hoodbhoy is one of South Asia’s leading nuclear physicists and an eminent Pakistani academic and intellectual. He talks to Andy Heintz about growing religious extremism and the troubled legacy of international actors in the region.
Indians and Pakistanis forge online friendship
But in this increasingly jingoistic climate there is a growing number of citizens who dare to call for a peaceful solution. Nimisha Jaiswal reports.
Pakistani Christians living in fear
Pakistani Christians who are charged under the country’s blasphemy laws are living in hiding, Rizwan Syed reports.
In search of lost soldiers
Families of missing POWs are still waiting for answers after 44 years, says Jas Uppal.
Take your pick
Ziauddin Sardar on the various fundamentalisms on offer in Pakistan.
In the land of widows
For the women left behind in Kashmir's border villages, life has its own challenges, as Sofi Lundin discovers.
A question of belief
Persecuted in Pakistan for being 'non-Muslim', the Ahmadi community has sought refuge abroad. But intolerance is not easily escaped, as Samira Shackle discovers.
A prisoner in the house
For hundreds of South Asian women each year, an arranged marriage in Britain leads not to love but to slavery. Samira Shackle reports.
A treacherous occupation
Pakistan is the deadliest country to be a journalist, as Manzoor Ali knows only too well.
The Pakistani Left is re-grouping
The Pakistani Left has a history to be proud of and is regrouping to fight in new battles, as Qualandar Bux Memon and Ali Mohsni report.
Pakistan on the edge of hope
Despite its turbulent past, Ziauddin Sardar finds reasons for optimism in Pakistan's future.
Pakistan - the facts
An infographic covering population, religion, quality of life and more.
After the floods... A North Frontier village makes a comeback
Merryl Wyn Davies visits a remote village in Northwest Frontier to find out how it is recovering from last year’s devastating floods.
Why Pakistan's Taliban win as they lose
Pakistan's army offensive has wrongfooted the Taliban. But the larger war of ideas has yet to be won. Pervez Hoodbhoy explains.
Hatred at first sight – my relationship with 'the perfect politician'
My relationship with Peshawar by Zohra Bahman
The charm fades
Pakistani physicist Pervez Hoodbhoy explores his country’s rocky relationship with nukes.
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