“Limited Bandwidth”: Where Is The Reporting On Kashmir?
Kashmir is like Solomon’s Baby, except both of its prospective mothers are happy to cut it in half.
Kashmir is like Solomon’s Baby, except both of its prospective mothers are happy to cut it in half.
Protesters calling for Prime Minister Sharif to step down and for an investigation into alleged election fraud continue their sit-in despite two weeks of severe weather and leaders whose credibility may be slipping.
KARACHI, Pakistan --- Over two weeks into their separate protests, thousands of followers of the Pakistani Awami Tehreek (PAT) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are continuing their sit-ins outside the parliament building in the federal
Zofeen Ebrahim has been the MintPress News South East Asia Correspondent since 2014. She is based in Karachi, Pakistan. For Zofeen , the path to journalism was never a "carefully thought out" or a "planned" career choice. It was as if she was being led towards it. After graduating, and doing her master’s she got married and moved cities. "I had no clue what I wanted to do or even if I wanted a career". A small inconspicuous advert in an English daily changed all that for her. They were seeking editorial assistants for an English language women's magazine that was soon to be launched. Since then there has been no looking back for her. Today, she freelances for several national (Dawn and The News) and international (IPS, The Guardian, The Third Pole) media organisations and writes about issues that touch her heart. She can be reached at zofeen28@hotmail.com and follow her on Twitter at @zofeen28.
The aim is to bring down the government and force new elections.
作者 Jason Ditz
Protest leader Imran Khan continues to try to push the Sharif government out of power today, announcing that his entire Pakistan Tehreek-e Insaf (PTI) Party, the third largest in parliament, will quit en masse to try to bring down the
The $1.5 billion bailout surely comes with strings attached. Analysts believe this “gift” could be meant to force Pakistan to take a side in ongoing conflict in the Middle East and Gulf region.
KARACHI, Pakistan --- The struggling State Bank of Pakistan got a shot in the arm early this month when it received a purported "gift" of $1.5 billion from Saudi Arabia.
This was not the first time such a gift has arrived. In fact, Riyadh has been a
Zofeen Ebrahim has been the MintPress News South East Asia Correspondent since 2014. She is based in Karachi, Pakistan. For Zofeen , the path to journalism was never a "carefully thought out" or a "planned" career choice. It was as if she was being led towards it. After graduating, and doing her master’s she got married and moved cities. "I had no clue what I wanted to do or even if I wanted a career". A small inconspicuous advert in an English daily changed all that for her. They were seeking editorial assistants for an English language women's magazine that was soon to be launched. Since then there has been no looking back for her. Today, she freelances for several national (Dawn and The News) and international (IPS, The Guardian, The Third Pole) media organisations and writes about issues that touch her heart. She can be reached at zofeen28@hotmail.com and follow her on Twitter at @zofeen28.
A deadly drone strike in the early hours of Wednesday morning bucked a recent trend for falling numbers of deaths in each attack.
A drone strike in the early hours of Wednesday morning was the bloodiest since October 2012, bucking a recent trend for falling numbers of deaths in each attack. Multiple drones attacked a vehicle and building in Miranshah, one of the main towns in North Waziristan, in Pakistan’s tribal northwest. "I never heard such a huge drone strike
Sharif’s promise could bring an end to nearly a decade of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan that have killed up to 884 civilians.
Pakistan’s new head of government took office just last week, but he wasted little time before challenging the United States’ policy of targeting suspected terrorists in the country.
"This daily routine of drone attacks, this chapter shall now be closed," said newly elected Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif before
Nawaz Sharif is redrawing his list of priorities as he begins his term.
In a speech before the Pakistan parliament on Wednesday, newly elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif received overwhelming applause when he declared that forcing the US government to end its drone bombing campaign in the nation's tribal areas would be one of his top priorities. "This