The lead-up to the general election in Pakistan—now almost one month away—appears to have set up a launch pad for various extremist groups based in the country. A number of radical groups of all hues ...

Banners of election candidates from political parties are displayed on poles on a highway in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, July 24, 2018. Credit: AP Photo/Anjum Naveed Allegations, confrontations, ...

Editor’s Note: Michael Kugelman is deputy director and senior associate for South Asia with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. You can follow him on Twitter ...

The Pakistan Press Foundation said the media endured an "unprecedented level of imposed self-censorship" in 2018. This statement was originally published on pakistanpressfoundation.org on 1 January ...

As part of our 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale coverage we present the proposal for the Pakistan Pavilion. Below, the participants describe their contribution in their own words. Keeping the subject ...

Pakistanis voted this week to elect a new government, with the largest number of seats going to the cricket legend Imran Khan, who appears poised to become the new prime minister. Even as several ...

(New York) – Pakistan’s interim government should take all necessary steps to ensure the safety of candidates and political party activists who are at risk of attack from the Taliban and other ...

Ahead of national elections in Pakistan this week, allegations of pre-poll rigging, press intimidation, and the mainstreaming of militant groups are all cause for concern. A street is decorated with ...

On Wednesday July 25, Pakistanis will go to the polls in what promises to be a landmark election. This the third democratic election to be held in a row in the South Asian country, whose democratic ...

Pakistani cleric Hafiz Saeed is one of the United States' most-wanted terrorist suspects, accused over the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. None of that has stopped Saeed from hitting the ...

A 21-year-old journalist is making headlines in Pakistan by becoming the country’s first transgender news anchor. Pakistan’s social networks were abuzz following Marvia Malik’s first on-air appearance ...