South Asia
Pakistan Hopes for IMF ‘Lifeline’ as Donors Pledge Generous Sums
GENEVA -- Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday askÂed the International MonetÂary Fund (IMF) for a pause in its demands for economic reforms...
Mood of Despondency and Despair in Pakistan
Faisal Bari
SELDOM before in the past few decades have I heard Pakistanis — friends, students, colleagues, acquaintances and even strangers — sound so despondent...
Bitterly Divided, Pakistan Stands at Unprecedented Crossroads in 2023
THE new year sees Pakistan at an unprecedented crossroads. A painful and messy reconfiguration of the country’s political order over the past year has...
An Uncertain Future Ahead for Pakistan
F S Aijazuddin
FEW will shed tears at the extinction of 2022. It has been a strange, unhappy year for almost everyone.
Perhaps the most disappointed...
And When Taliban Banned Higher Education for Women
Western news agencies, NGOs and human rights organisations could see the pain of a few thousand women who are denied entry into Kabul university...