Pakistan

Supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) Islamist political party run to cover amid water jet during a protest against the arrest of their leader in Lahore, Pakistan April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
South Asia & China

Pakistan deploys paramilitary forces to quell deadly Islamist protests

Two police officers were killed and 125 policemen were hurt in clashes with protesters in Lahore, Punjab’s capital, the city’s police chief Ghulam Mehmood Dogar said on Wednesday during a visit to...

A currency trader counts Pakistani rupee notes as he prepares an exchange of dollars in Islamabad, Pakistan December 11, 2017. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/Files
South Asia & China

Roughly 6% of the Pakistan’s economy is accorded to elite privileges - UNDP report

Police officers move to disperse the supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) Islamist political party during a protest against the arrest of their leader in Karachi, Pakistan April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
South Asia & China

Pakistan Islamists clash with police over French cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammad

Jiya, 35, a transgender woman and tailor, talks with a customer at her shop in Karachi, Pakistan April 5, 2021. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
World

Pakistani transgender woman finds a niche in tailoring

A man counts Pakistani banknotes along a roadside in Islamabad, Pakistan, November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
Global Economy

Pakistan continues to rely on China, despite IMF loans

This imbalanced approach is holding Pakistan from realising its full soft power potential. Photo: Hindustan Times
Panorama

Pakistan’s failed quest to project soft power

International Monetary Fund. File Photo: Reuters
Global Economy

Pakistan may need to dampen economic growth hopes - IMF

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi attend a news conference following their talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 7, 2021. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
South Asia & China

Russian foreign minister visits Pakistan in search of Afghan peace

Photo: Reuters
Analysis

Pakistan’s geoeconomic delusions

Women wearing protective face masks walk amid the rush of people along a road as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan July 20, 2020. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Young Pakistanis rush to purchase Russian vaccine as private sales open

FILE PHOTO: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a joint news conference with at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
South Asia & China

Day after, Imran Khan explains why Pakistan cabinet decided against sugar import

Pakistan's new Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi listens during a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan August 20, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
South Asia & China

Pakistan decision on India trade deferred until Delhi reviews Kashmir status - foreign minister

FILE PHOTO: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a joint news conference with at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
South Asia & China

Pakistan does U-turn on resuming trade ties with India