At Least 132, Including a Candidate, Die in Pakistan Campaign Violence

ZAHEER BABAR and ABDUL SATTAR / The Associated Press Jul 13, 2018 The deadliest attacks in Pakistan's troubled election campaign occurred Friday, hours before former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned to face a 10-year prison sentence on corruption charges. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

This Pakistani Festival Makes Education a Fun Activity

Zubeida Mustafa / Truthdig Feb 15, 2018 In a country where public school systems are failing, a growing nonprofit organization shows students and teachers how to revitalize learning. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Pakistan’s Youth: The Light at the End of the Tunnel

Zubeida Mustafa / Truthdig Oct 23, 2014 The so-called youth bulge in Pakistan has now become visible. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Common Roots of Misogynist Culture in Pakistan and the U.S.

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jun 6, 2014 In the wake of sexual assaults in the Global South, American conservatives and liberals alike naively ask the question of what is it about the "cultures" of countries such as Pakistan, India and Afghanistan that generates such misogyny. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Security Threat Clears U.S. Diplomatic Staff From Lahore

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 9, 2013 The U.S. all but shut down its diplomatic office in Lahore, Pakistan, ordering nonessential staff to move to the capital Islamabad while citing a specific threat amid soaring terrorist violence in the country. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Blood Money’ Springs CIA Contractor From Pakistan Jail

Staff / Truthdig Mar 17, 2011 Lucky for him. Raymond Davis, the CIA contractor who was nabbed in January after shooting and killing two men in Pakistan (the news of which wasn't released until February), has been freed from detainment after the payment of "blood money" to the victims' families. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

American Nabbed in Pakistan Has CIA Ties

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2011 Last month's arrest in Pakistan of one Raymond Davis, an American working security for other U.S. operatives in Lahore -- and an American with clear employment ties to the CIA and previously to Blackwater Worldwide -- has made for additional diplomatic strain between the two nations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Terrifying World of Pakistan’s ‘Disappeared’

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Mar 19, 2010 If you want to know how brutally Pakistan treats its people, you should meet Amina Janjua An intelligent painter and interior designer, she sits on the vast sofa of her living room in Rawalpindi -- a room that somehow accentuates her loneliness -- scarf wound tightly round her head, serving tea and biscuits like the middle-class woman she is. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Market Bombings Kill at Least 36 in Pakistan

Staff / Truthdig Dec 8, 2009 Two bomb blasts ripped through a busy market in Lahore, Pakistan, on Monday evening, killing at least 36 people and injuring about 100. The bombs were reportedly set off via remote control, and the explosions came on the heels of a suicide bombing in Peshawar that killed at least 10 earlier in the day. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clinton: We’re ‘Not Getting Through’ to Pakistanis

Staff / Truthdig Oct 31, 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faced the unenviable task of trying to change U.S.-Pakistani relations for the better during her three-day diplomacy spree in the South Asian nation. However, it was unclear as her visit drew to a close whether she'd made any headway, as she herself acknowledged on Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clinton Lowers the Boom About Al-Qaida in Pakistan

Staff / Truthdig Oct 30, 2009 During an interview with journalists in Lahore, Pakistan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed her puzzlement over why certain al-Qaida leaders believed to be harbored within the country's borders haven't been caught She did not address the issue of missile attacks from U drones that had earlier fueled student protest . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Flogging of 17-Year-Old Pakistani Girl Raises Outrage

Staff / Truthdig Apr 5, 2009 The public lashing of a 17-year-old girl named Chand in Pakistan's Swat Valley became the catalyst for countrywide protests on Saturday after a video of the flogging made its way around the Internet. A spokesman for the local Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed the video was fake and that the actual incident happened outside of Swat but defended the punishment as just. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )