Pakistan: Real change or plus ça change?
Good news is rarely reported from Pakistan - but, over this past weekend, the country did reach a milestone
- 14 May 2013
Election season in Pakistan
That Pakistan is having successive elections is a good a thing. But, regardless of the outcome of the forthcoming election, not much will change there as far as the key issues go
- 30 April 2013
Trying to make sense of Pakistan
Change will come to Pakistan – it has to. But it won't be soon and it won't be painless
- 16 January 2013
Mysterious genocide of Pakistan's Hazara community
Whatever the truth, and it's often difficult to tell in Pakistan, the international community needs to do more to highlight the plight of the peace-loving Hazara community
- 10 January 2013
Pakistan's secret war in Baluchistan
Certain conflicts are fashionable to follow, others are not. The on-going and increasingly brutal conflict in Baluchistan falls strictly in the latter category
- 2 January 2013
Malala Yousafzai & the shame of Pakistan's political class
Early indications suggest Malala Yousafzai will survive and recover. The same can't be said for the country she has just come from
- 16 October 2012
Pakistani cleric accused of framing disabled Christian girl
The latest bizarre news story to come out of Pakistan proves that nothing short of a comprehensive cultural revolution is required before one can even begin to dream of a brighter future for Pakistan
- 3 September 2012
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