Pakistan: Country Profile, Briefings and Latest Issues
The story on Pakistan: politics, economy, social conditions, Pakistan's role in the "war on terror," and the latest issues.
What Is Waziristan in Pakistan?
Brief history and description of Pakistan's North and South Waziristan Agencies in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, where Osama bin laden and al-Qaeda are believed to be hiding.
Brief history and description of Pakistan's North and South Waziristan Agencies in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, where Osama bin laden and al-Qaeda are believed to be hiding.
What Are Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier and Federally Administered Tribal Areas?
To understand why Pakistan is so unstable and such a fertile ground for the Taliban and al-Qaeda, one must understand what Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Provinces and Federally Administered Tribal Areas are all about: lawlessness, and where the Taliban rules, not Pakistani authority. But what, exactly, is that province, and what are those "tribal areas"?
To understand why Pakistan is so unstable and such a fertile ground for the Taliban and al-Qaeda, one must understand what Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Provinces and Federally Administered Tribal Areas are all about: lawlessness, and where the Taliban rules, not Pakistani authority. But what, exactly, is that province, and what are those "tribal areas"?
Profile: Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif: Right-Wing, Religious, Unpredictable
Profile of Nawaz Sharif, twice prime minister of Pakistan and an instinctively, pragmatically imperious leader of the Pakistan Muslim league.
Profile of Nawaz Sharif, twice prime minister of Pakistan and an instinctively, pragmatically imperious leader of the Pakistan Muslim league.
Pakistan Peoples Party
Quick history and definition of the Pakistan Peoples Party, a Socialist party founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1967 and led ever since by members of the Bhyutto family.
Quick history and definition of the Pakistan Peoples Party, a Socialist party founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1967 and led ever since by members of the Bhyutto family.
Profile: Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari
Asif Ali Zardari, husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, is known as Pakistan's "Mr. Ten Percent" for his long trail of corruption and kickbacks. He stands to become Pakistan's president.
Asif Ali Zardari, husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, is known as Pakistan's "Mr. Ten Percent" for his long trail of corruption and kickbacks. He stands to become Pakistan's president.
Pakistan Beyond Pervez Musharraf: Risks and Challenges
For nine years, the United States relied on Pakistan strong,an Pervez Musharraf as its best bet in the war on terror in South Asia.
For nine years, the United States relied on Pakistan strong,an Pervez Musharraf as its best bet in the war on terror in South Asia.
Pakistan at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Summer Games
Your Guide to the 2008 Beijing Olympics for Pakistan: Pakistans Olympic history and country profile, and Pakistans athletes at the 2008 Olympics by name and by sport, or game.
Your Guide to the 2008 Beijing Olympics for Pakistan: Pakistans Olympic history and country profile, and Pakistans athletes at the 2008 Olympics by name and by sport, or game.
What Pakistan's 2008 Parliamentary Elections Mean
Pakistan's 2008 parliamentary elections are a sharp rejection of President Pervez Musharraf's nine-year rule. But Pakistan's future as a democratic nation is still uncertain.
Pakistan's 2008 parliamentary elections are a sharp rejection of President Pervez Musharraf's nine-year rule. But Pakistan's future as a democratic nation is still uncertain.
A Portrait in Pictures of Karachi, Pakistan, by photographer …
A photo gallery of some of Karachi's greatest landmarks, showcasing Pakistan's greatest city's architecture and beauty, by Karachi photographer Aliraza Khatri.
A photo gallery of some of Karachi's greatest landmarks, showcasing Pakistan's greatest city's architecture and beauty, by Karachi photographer Aliraza Khatri.
Profile: Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan
A child of privilege, a woman of contradictions: Benazir Bhutto, twice the prime minister of Pakistan, has shuttled between power and exile, authoritarianism and liberalism, civil governance and corruption.
A child of privilege, a woman of contradictions: Benazir Bhutto, twice the prime minister of Pakistan, has shuttled between power and exile, authoritarianism and liberalism, civil governance and corruption.
Pakistan: Country Profile
Pakistan's brief, troubled history as a nation-state wracked by military coups and Islamic militancy contrasts sharply with its long, ancient history as a hub of Mogul, Vedic and Indus civilizations.
Pakistan's brief, troubled history as a nation-state wracked by military coups and Islamic militancy contrasts sharply with its long, ancient history as a hub of Mogul, Vedic and Indus civilizations.
Profile: Pakistan's Gen. Pervez Musharraf
The controversial self-proclaimed president of Pakistan took over the country in a bloodless coup in 1999 and has since ruled with a mixture of authoritarianism and very occasional enlightenment.
The controversial self-proclaimed president of Pakistan took over the country in a bloodless coup in 1999 and has since ruled with a mixture of authoritarianism and very occasional enlightenment.