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 ...

Pakistan have been confronted by two sets of very different challenges in their last two Test series. First, they lost the unwinnable; no Pakistan Test side had managed anything other than defeat in ...

The war that has resumed between the Pakistani army and the Taliban in the northern mountains of Pakistan is not between two clearly defined sides, with clearly defined victory and defeat. It is, ...

THE pre-trip advice from friends in the United States was simple be careful, and keep your head down. They don't like us there, and it's not safe. Yet during a recent visit to Pakistan, I wandered ...

Five weeks out from the men's T20 World Cup, and closing in on the deadline to announce the final squad for it, Pakistan's selectors and team management are grappling with a number of challenges. Some ...

Pakistan knew they needed to be near perfect to beat Australia, an opponent they had failed to overcome on 16 prior occasions, and for around 22 overs, they were. There were diving catches, lightning ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Drone attacks, political tension, a hidden independence war… Pakistan is living through some dark hours. And ...

Rape victims often find it difficult to get their cases heard Women's rights in Pakistan are once again in the international spotlight as delegates attend a high-profile two-day conference on the ...

It has been called a blessing in disguise. The evacuation of more than one million people fleeing a military operation in north-west Pakistan has provided anti-polio workers with a rare opportunity to ...