Tag: Pakistan
How the C.I.A. Tracked the Leader of Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON — Intelligence officers made a crucial discovery this spring after tracking Ayman al-Zawahri, the leader of Al…
Bangladesh Seeks I.M.F. Loan as Inflation Rocks South Asia
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Just a week after introducing scheduled power outages in response to the soaring cost of…
In Pakistan, a Leader in Trans Rights, Reality Is Slower to Change Than Law
KARACHI, Pakistan — Four years ago, Pakistan stepped to the forefront of transgender rights worldwide, enacting a law…
Poor Countries Face a Mounting Catastrophe Fueled by Inflation and Debt
Before war ravaged Yemen, Walid Al-Ahdal did not worry about feeding his children. At his hometown near the…
Pakistani Airstrikes Escalate Conflict on Afghan Border
MANDATAH VILLAGE, Afghanistan — It was nearly 3 a.m. in the mountainous borderlands of eastern Afghanistan when a…
Shehbaz Sharif Becomes Interim Prime Minister of Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani Parliament selected the opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif to become the country’s interim prime minister…
Pakistan’s Supreme Court Blocks Imran Khan’s Move to Stay in Power
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday overturned Prime Minister Imran Khan’s move to dissolve Parliament, setting…
Who Is Imran Khan, Pakistan’s Prime Minister?
Imran Khan was elected as Pakistan’s prime minister in 2018 when he ran as a nationalist promising to…
Imran Khan Says He Won’t Accept Result of No-Confidence Vote
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Less than a day from a no-confidence vote that will almost certainly remove him from…
India Accidentally Fires a Missile at Pakistan. Calm Ensues.
JAIPUR, India — One nuclear-armed state fired a cruise missile at another nuclear-armed state this week. They were…
The Smugglers’ Paradise of Afghanistan
ZARANJ, Afghanistan — The smuggler barreled down the narrow dirt road, bouncing into craters and over rocks that…
When Architects Made Worlds
Rahul Mehrotra, the architect and Harvard professor, writes in the catalog about the challenge of housing. Faced with…