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The latest news, analysis and opinion on Pakistan. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
Capital
Islamabad
Head of State
President Asif Ali Zardari
Head of Government
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
Garbage pickers sort waste strewn around the corner of the formerly clean and tidy Sohrab Katrak Parsi Colony, which was nearly deserted by its original inhabitants, in Karachi. Photo: AFP
Women and gender

Pakistan’s Parsi community shrinks as young migrate

Many young and skilled Pakistanis want to leave a country wracked with political uncertainty, security challenges and a struggling economy.

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Religion

Scent of scandal: Pakistani YouTuber’s perfume stirs religious controversy

Terrorism

Pakistan charges human rights, Baloch activist with ‘terrorism’

Afghanistan

Leading human rights, Baloch advocate detained in Pakistan

Mahrang Baloch has long campaigned for the Baloch ethnic group, which alleges extrajudicial harassment, arrests and killings by Islamabad.

Supporters of the Baloch hold placards as they rally to protest after their leader Mahrang Baloch was arrested in Quetta, in Islamabad on Saturday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Climate change

Opinion | Asia is ground zero for the impact of global glacier loss

Other mountain ranges are losing their glaciers faster but Asia’s critically dependent economy and people put it on the front line.

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Islamic militancy

Pakistan vs Isis-K: inside the global crackdown that won Trump’s praise

In a seven-month operation spanning 21 nations, Pakistani intelligence dismantled an Isis-K cell tied to bombings in Kabul, Moscow and Kerman.

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China's military weapons

China supplied 81% of Pakistan’s arms imports in the past 5 years, SIPRI says

Shipments include more advanced systems, as China expands the range of weapons it can offer to strategic partners.

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China’s defence exports to Pakistan in the past five years have included four Type 054A frigates. Photo: Weibo/China State Shipbuilding Corporation
Iran

US targets 41 countries for travel curbs ranging from Iran to Pakistan: memo

The countries are divided into three separate groups with varying degrees of travel restrictions, according to an internal memo.

Video | Hundreds rescued from hijacked train in Pakistan

Security sources said militants assigned bombers wearing ‘suicide jackets’ to sit next to some of the hostages

Terrorism

Pakistan says all train hijackers killed, ending hostage stand-off

Separatist militants had blown up a railway track and taken hundreds of captives, 21 of whom died.

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Footage released by the Baluchistan Liberation Army shows people outside the train after being attacked by militants on the way from Quetta to Peshawar. Photo: BLA via AP
Terrorism

Video | Pakistan insurgents hijack train and take hostages

The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has demanded the release of Baloch political prisoners, activists and missing persons in exchange for the hostages

Separatist militants hijack train and take hostages in southwest Pakistan
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Terrorism

Pakistan forces rescue 190 hostages after train attack

Security sources said Baloch militants had made bombers wearing ‘suicide jackets’ sit next to some of the hostages.

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TV shows and streaming video

How Pakistan’s TV dramas captivate Indians and break down barriers

Pakistan is a drama powerhouse whose low-key soaps are big in India, fostering connection between rival nations in a way diplomacy cannot.

China's military weapons

China’s falling arms imports signal massive growth in military self-reliance

SIPRI report shows Chinese-developed technologies are replacing imported hi-tech weaponry in several spheres.

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Last year’s Zhuhai airshow, China’s largest aerospace trade expo, showcased a variety of technologies including drones, weapon systems, aircraft, electronic warfare, and space technologies. Photo: EPA
Li Ka-shing

S&P expresses concern about CK Hutchison’s diversification after ports sale

‘The completion of the transaction could also lead us to revisit our assessment of CKHH’s business diversification,’ S&P says.

People passed the Cheung Kong Center in Central. Photo: AFP
Mergers & Acquisitions

Li Ka-shing’s Hutchison steps back from global ports amid trade war

CK Hutchison said it would sell 80 per cent of its stakes in 43 ports in 23 countries, including Panama but excluding mainland China and Hong Kong.

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US-China relations

CK Hutchison to sell unit operating near Panama Canal amid Trump pressure

Decision by Hong Kong-based conglomerate comes as US president pushes for greater control of critical trade route over concerns about China.

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Ramadan

Video | In Pakistan, high prices overshadow start of Ramadan

Consumers have complained about high prices and low-quality produce.

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Photo: SCMP Composite/Reuters

Video | Ramadan price hikes in Pakistan

While prices have spiked, inflation has eased leaving the consumer price index inflation at 2.4% in January, compared to 24% in the same period in 2024.

Conservation

Rocky road to recovery for bear saved from illegal fighting ring in Pakistan

After 35 brutal fights, Rocky the bear’s sufferings – which include a broken jaw and losing all his teeth – have come to an end.

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India

‘Business must go on’: why India is reaching out to the Taliban

Focus on humanitarian aid, regional connectivity could help India regain ‘strategic space’ lost after the Taliban took over in 2021, analysts note.

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The Afghan embassy in New Delhi, India, in September 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE
China's space programme

China’s space station will host Pakistani astronaut as first foreign visitor

The agreement is the latest sign of the close cooperation between the two countries, which will also see a Pakistani rover going to the moon.

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Tiangong is preparing to receive its first foreign astronaut. Photo: Xinhua
Technology

Opinion | Rather than resist AI art, Asia is embracing its future

While protests rage from New York to London, artists from China and Japan to India and Singapore are using AI to better their craft.

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Terrorism

Suicide blast at Pakistan’s ‘University of Jihad’ kills 4

The school is known as the ‘University of Jihad’ for its fiery ideology and the number of Taliban fighters it has produced.

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India

Are India-Bangladesh ties reaching ‘point of no return’?

Growing instability in Bangladesh and its engagement with Pakistan while having limited outreach to Delhi have raised concerns, analysts say.

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India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Photo: Pool via Reuters
Diplomacy

Opinion | Why Pakistan’s strategic alliance with China will strengthen

Given the India-US bromance, Pakistan and China have little choice. Expect Afghanistan to remain a focus amid efforts to counter US-led narratives.

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Pakistani navy soldiers carry the national flags of participating countries at the opening ceremony of the Aman multinational exercise, in Karachi, Pakistan, on February 7. The naval exercise, which ran to February 11, was joined by 60 countries including China. Photo: EPA-EFE
Asia elections

Pakistan NGO chief who alleged vote rigging has home sealed

Sarwar Bari’s report alleged widespread rigging in national elections last year, when a coalition of parties friendly to the military took power.

Fame and celebrity

Who is Kumail Nanjiani’s producer wife, Emily V. Gordon?

Kumail Nanjiani has returned to his stand-up comedy roots in recent months, getting back on stage for the first time in 10 years – in fact it’s at one of his gigs that he first met his wife.

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