Society
US Drones Kill Innocent Civilians, Crisis Group says
Our Correspondent 2013-05-22
Brussels-based group blames excessive secrecy, "schizophrenic" Pakistan
Society
Pakistan Fighting Forces Refugees to Flee
Our Correspondent 2013-04-02
Fighting in Tirah Valley displaces 40,000 people
Society
How Drone Strikes Hamper Humanitarian Aid
Our Correspondent 2013-03-21
Remote controlled death causes chaos and distrust for aid workers
Society
How best to serve Pakistan's 750,000 IDPs?
Our Correspondent 2013-03-04
Attention has focused on the continued tensions along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border
Society
Pakistan's Troubled Inoculation Program
Our Correspondent 2013-01-16
Poverty, suspicion, official negligence all play a tragic role
Economics/Business
Pakistan and the Wrong Road
Our Correspondent 2013-01-11
A perceptive new report identifies some of the reasons for the strains in a violence-wracked society
Society
Understanding Karachi's killing fields
Our Correspondent 2012-09-25
Karachi's unacceptable murder rate isn't just from Islamic fascism
Politics
China finds another route to the Indian Ocean
Our Correspondent 2012-09-24
Singapore Port Authority’s abandonment of Pakistani Port Causes Shivers in Delhi and Washington
Society
Vigilante "Justice" in Pakistan
Our Correspondent 2012-08-30
Murders for alleged Islamic blasphemy are on the rise
Society
Pakistan's Taliban Nightmare
Our Correspondent 2012-08-24
Pakistan, key to Afghan security, seeks political agreement that protects its interests
Society
Taking the Risk on Pakistan's Catwalks
Our Correspondent 2012-07-19
Women face danger merely for wanting to be beautiful
Society
Pakistan's Nukes: How Much is Enough?
Our Correspondent 2012-06-07
Islamabad goes on a weapons spree
Society
Pakistan's Hindu Girls Forced into Muslim Marriages
Our Correspondent 2012-02-28
Girls are lured away from their families and forced into conversions
Society
Jihadis in America
Our Correspondent 2012-02-20
There are actually very few, and they're probably crazy and incompetents, a new report says.
Society
Pakistan and the United States
Our Correspondent 2012-01-04
Permanent parting?
Society
The Annual Toll on Journalists
Our Correspondent 2011-12-19
Another year of unnecessary death
Society
Urgent Pakistani-US Reset Needed
Our Correspondent 2011-12-08
Border shooting tragedy
Politics
Pakistan's Political Playing Field Shifting?
Our Correspondent 2011-11-30
Former Cricketer Imran Khan’s long-stalled popularity begins to rise
Society
Pakistan's Stolen Cultural Heritage
Our Correspondent 2011-10-05
Christie’s halts a planned auction of a rare Pakistani artifact
Society
Pakistan's Lashkar-e-Taiba and Global Jihad
Our Correspondent 2011-09-09
Pakistan’s ISI strains to keep a leash on its terrorists
Society
Pakistan and the Danger to Journalists
Our Correspondent 2011-06-03 {mosimage}The ISI is suspected of killing Asia Times Online bureau chief
Politics
The Future of US-Pakistan relations post-bin Laden
Our Correspondent 2011-05-04 {mosimage}Not anything very encouraging
Society
Southeast Asia's Post-Osama Security Concerns
Our Correspondent 2011-05-04 {mosimage}Be Careful Out There
Society
Obama's New Security Team
Our Correspondent 2011-05-03 {mosimage}Osama's extermination doesn't mean the situation is more optimistic
Society
A Pakistani Husband's Agony
Our Correspondent 2011-04-27 {mosimage}A terrorist victim isn't always someone else
Society
The Pakistani Side of the Great Cricket Game
Our Correspondent 2011-03-30 {mosimage}Embracing uncertainty
Society
Madrasah Reform in Pakistan
Our Correspondent 2011-03-16 {mosimage}Seeking to calm the mujahadeen
Society
Poverty Drives Pakistani Women to Prostitution
Our Correspondent 2011-03-11 {mosimage}Pakistani sex workers ask God to hear their prayers
Politics
Pakistan and the Bomb
Our Correspondent 2011-02-22 {mosimage}A shaky state is building nuclear weapons at a frightening rate
Society
The Strange Case of Raymond Davis
Our Correspondent 2011-02-17 {mosimage}A shadowy US official, jailed in Lahore, embodies the tensions in US-Pakistani relations
Society
Pakistan's powerful religious right
Our Correspondent 2010-12-17 {mosimage}How Islam has shaped modern Pakistan
Politics
For Pakistan's stability, all roads lead through Karachi
Our Correspondent 2010-11-17 {mosimage}And they're bumpy
Politics
Child's play in War-Torn Pakistan
Our Correspondent 2010-07-20 {mosimage}The nightmare visited on the young by suicide bombings
Politics
The Agony of Pakistan's Ahmadiyya
Our Correspondent 2010-07-06 {mosimage}Fundamentalist terrorism shows its ugly face at a pacifist sect
Politics
Why Pakistan is not a nation
Our Correspondent 2010-06-25 {mosimage}And how it could become one.
Politics
Pakistan's Army Back in Charge
Our Correspondent 2010-04-06 {mosimage}Zardari
government’s weakness is military’s gain
Society
Pakistan's Terminally Ill Schools
Our Correspondent 2010-01-13 {mosimage}Outdated materials and obsolete techniques characterize the school system. The prescription is a complete overhaul
Society
A Fractured Pakistan Fights for Survival
Our Correspondent 2009-10-20 {mosimage}The Pakistani military has been sleeping with the enemy while keeping the civilian government down
Society
Pakistan's Persecuted Minority
Our Correspondent 2009-09-30 {mosimage}Ahmadis face serious danger and death, some of it possibly fomented by the government
Politics
Changing Focus in Pakistan
Our Correspondent 2009-06-04
{mosimage}Just tossing money at the problem isn't working
Politics
Pakistan, Taliban and Global Security
Our Correspondent 2009-05-14 {mosimage}Pakistan's nuclear arsenal makes its success against Taliban insurgents critical for world security
Politics
Pakistan's unruly intelligence services
Our Correspondent 2008-12-29
{mosimage}A year before the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York
and the Pentagon in Washington, DC, the US Secret Service tried to
dissuade then-President Bill Clinton from traveling to Islamabad out of
fear for his safety, given the unreliable nature of Pakistan’s primary
intelligence agency establishment, the controversial Directorate for
Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI.
Politics
Mumbai Massacre: the Dark Side of Globalization
Our Correspondent 2008-12-05
{mosimage}Dealing
with Pakistan and radical Islam will be crucial for global economic
integration
Politics
Getting Pakistan Out of the Grip of Extremism
Our Correspondent 2008-12-03
{mosimage}The
urgency of cleaning out terrorists grows
Politics
Pakistan’s Tribal Challenge
Our Correspondent 2008-09-10
Antiquated
laws and maladministration contribute to the rise of the Taliban and
Al Qaeda
Politics
Preparing for peace in Pakistan
Our Correspondent 2008-06-18 The US’s
wisest course would be to support Pakistani efforts to reach out to
militant groups
Politics
US Interests Face a Challenge in Pakistan
Our Correspondent 2008-03-30 The Bush
Administration confronts a new and daunting situation in its efforts
to control jihadists
Politics
Keeping Pakistan's Military Out of Politics
Our Correspondent 2008-03-06 A military
that has run the country for most of its existence may have to go
back to the barracks
Politics
A Nest of Potential Assassins Eye Each Other in Pakistan
Our Correspondent 2008-02-26 The February election is likely to settle very little in a benighted land
Politics
A “Peaceful” Poll in Pakistan
Our Correspondent 2008-02-20 A look at polls in Peshawar through the eyes of an election observer
Opinion
Viewing Pakistan from India
Our Correspondent 2008-01-02
Pakistan’s
closest neighbor casts an uneasy eye on the crisis over the border
Politics
Pakistan and Feudalism
Our Correspondent 2008-01-01
It will take more than winner-take-all politics to ease
tension in the wake of Benazir Bhutto’s murder
Politics
Pakistan’s Northeastern India Agenda
Our Correspondent 2007-12-24 The arrest of an alleged Pakistani intelligence operative by Indian police exposes a new front in the two country’s long insurgent proxy war
Politics
Pakistan's Opposition Parties Look to Each Other
Our Correspondent 2007-11-20 More growling spells trouble at Musharraf’s
feet
Politics
The Pakistan Army’s First Victory
Our Correspondent 2007-07-30
Pakistan’s inept and brutal military finally gets a win – against youngsters in the Red Mosque.
Society
A Pakistani Philanthropist’s Uphill Mission
A. Lin Neumann 2007-02-12 Abdul Sattar Edhi provides charity and solace for the poor and displaced of a dangerously unstable, religion-pummeled country
|