The challenges Pakistan faces today are often described in binary terms — a threat here, a conflict there — but the reality is far more chaotic and in.

Pakistan’s problems are often discussed in isolation, but their impact reaches much further. This video breaks down how ...

When the world looks at Pakistan, its attention justifiably focuses on the rugged northern border with Afghanistan, a nexus of Taliban activity and the site of an ongoing multi-pronged campaign ...

The bloom is off the rose for the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, the crown jewel of China’s vaunted Belt and Road Initiative — designed to economically link Europe, Eurasia, Africa, the Middle East ...

Najmuddin Shaikh speculates on the challenges which face this country in future years as part of Dawn.coms launch special Flash-forward Pakistan where do we go from here? RELATIONS between Pakistan ...

This is as much a problem of psychology as policy. Few nations are as paranoid as Pakistan–where it is a widespread belief that India is behind every setback, that the United States plans to seize ...

There are different factors that trigger stress in society. Let’s take a look at some of the key stressors in Pakistan: UNEMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMY: The overall unemployment rate is around 6.3%, with ...

To understand the scale of the challenge facing him as President Obama‘s envoy to promote U.S. interests in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke might consider the story of Amjad Islam. Islam, ...

Boys played amid stinky puddles and dodged trash sludge oozing from plastic bags carpeting a muddy riverbed in Saidpur, a village that connects to Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, by a narrow road. "God ...

Last week in this space, we discussed Afghanistan and the myriad difficulties the free world faces in that country; today, itâÄôs time for a look at the other half of Af-Pak. As I said last week, ...

Still, Pakistan may follow the examples of Iraq, Egypt, and Algeria, where all the Islamist savagery finally undid the sympathy of large parts of the population for holy warriors. Jihadists inevitably ...

Iraq was supposed to have been the leading foreign policy issue of the 2008 presidential campaign. But that dubious distinction now goes to Pakistan, the subject of an extended debate among the major ...