On 27 February 2025 Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif doubled the size of his cabinet in a single afternoon. This plain-English guide lists who was sworn in, explains the difference between a minister, a minister…
Asad Ali Toor is an Islamabad journalist who reports on the Supreme Court and runs the YouTube channel Asad Toor Uncensored. He was assaulted in his home in 2021, jailed for three weeks in…
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The Senate gives every province the same number of seats, whatever its population. Here is how its 96 members are chosen, what…
On 8 February 2024 Pakistanis voted in the most disputed election in a generation. This plain-English guide sets out the road to…
On 27 February 2025 Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif doubled the size of his cabinet in a single afternoon. This plain-English guide lists…
Dr Moeed Yusuf is a scholar of war and peace who became Pakistan's National Security Adviser under Imran Khan and wrote the…
Aitzaz Hasan was a 15-year-old student from Hangu who died on 6 January 2014 while stopping a suicide bomber at the gate…
AlBaik, the fried chicken chain that millions of Pakistani pilgrims know from Makkah and Jeddah, signed an agreement in 2024 to come…
After coming close to default in 2023, Pakistan's economy steadied in 2024, recovered in 2025 and grew 3.7 per cent in the…
