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Pakistan’s High-Wire Diplomacy Is Showing Its Limits

ISLAMABAD — For much of the past year, Pakistan has sold itself as the indispensable interlocutor of a fractured Middle East: defense partner to...

Islamabad Bred Terror. Now It Bites.

ISLAMABAD — For more than thirty years, Pakistan’s military and intelligence services treated the Afghan Taliban as an instrument of statecraft. The group was...

Did Fear, Surveillance and Street Hostility Drive France to Close Its Consulate in Karachi?

ISLAMABAD — The French and European flags came down over the consulate general in Karachi on Tuesday, ending a diplomatic presence that had lasted...

Pakistan’s Grip on Kashmir Is Fraying: Deadly Crackdown in Rawalakot Exposes a Territory It May Ultimately Lose

RAWALAKOT, Pakistan-administered Kashmir — At least 21 people were reported killed and dozens more wounded on Monday when security forces opened fire on demonstrators...

Pakistan’s Vital EU Trade Privilege Faces Ax as New Report Exposes Rights Abuses and Imran Khan’s Politicized Jailing

The European Commission’s latest GSP+ monitoring assessment, released amid intensifying scrutiny this week, delivers a withering critique of Pakistan’s human rights record. It flags...

JAAC Supporters Call for Compilation of Casualty Records and Formation of Victims’ Committee

Clashes in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir Leave at Least a Dozen Dead Amid Ban on Protest Alliance Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-administered Kashmir — Deadly clashes between security forces...

Pakistan’s Balancing Act Risks Diplomatic Strain as It Forges Ties Between China and Saudi Arabia

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan is carving out a role as a strategic conduit between China and Saudi Arabia, leveraging military pacts, shared infrastructure and Chinese-supplied...

Pakistan’s War Crimes in Afghanistan: University and Civilian Massacre Exposes Islamabad’s Brutal Stubbornness

The fragile ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan appeared on the brink of collapse this week after Pakistani forces unleashed mortar and missile strikes on...

Pakistan’s Choice: The Pull of Saudi Money and Sunni Solidarity

In the shadow of a fragile cease-fire in the Persian Gulf, a leaked cache of classified documents has laid bare a long-suspected but never...

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