In caving to the demands of a few thousand rightwing protesters, Pakistan’s politicians have relinquished their right to govern. How did this happen and what comes next?
Features
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Inside Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s not-so-secret weapon for public sector reform
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A new book about Pakistan’s nuclear program offers some answers but also raises some uncomfortable questions
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Are Pakistan’s lawyers completely out of order?
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Big play: mainstreaming Pakistan’s federally administered tribal belt.
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Cambridge days and the summer of ’68 with Nigar Ahmad
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Remembering Nigar
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The woman who lit up our world
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Cracking the walls that divide us
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Nigar Ahmad (1945-2017)
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Nearly 60 years since their landmark treaty, the Pakistan-India water dispute remains contentious.
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Silk Road countries, like Pakistan, are the crucible where tolerance, creativity, and excellence can be at their finest—if and when the political climate allows.
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The PTI’s demand for a corruption-free country raises questions about its own governance in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
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Lahore High Court Chief Justice Mansoor Ali Shah wants to reform Pakistan’s judiciary.
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Pakistani asylum seekers and migrants bear brunt of Europe’s tilt toward the right-wing.
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Can anyone in Pakistan fully understand the country’s greatest humanitarian?
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One month after a brutal suicide attack on Lahore’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, there is little progress in bringing its perpetrators to heel.
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Recent arrests reveal the extent of the Islamic State’s presence in Pakistan.
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Human traffickers profit off the misery of Pakistanis seeking security abroad.
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There’s an ill wind blowing to Pakistan from the Taliban takeover of Kunduz.