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    • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Pakistan’s expulsion order deepens the Afghan crisis

      Islamabad needs to reverse course, but the west has responsibility too

    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      News in-depth
      Pakistan’s expulsion order pushes uprooted Afghans into crisis under Taliban

      More than 200,000 people have been told to return to a country in grip of humanitarian crisis

      People and trucks with rocky mountains in the background
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Pakistan steps up Afghan expulsions despite international criticism

      Order to expand border facilities could double flow of migrants being forced to return to Taliban-ruled neighbour

      Afghan migrants walk towards the Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Torkham
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Tens of thousands of Afghans flee Pakistan amid crackdown on migrants

      Undocumented Afghans forced to return to Taliban-led homeland after warning from security forces

      An Afghan boy climbs on to a truck at a holding centre in north-west Pakistan as migrant families prepare to depart for Afghanistan
    • Saturday, 21 October, 2023
      Pakistan's politics
      Former Pakistan leader Nawaz Sharif returns from exile in bid to regain power

      Ex-prime minister seeks to unite opposition to Imran Khan ahead of next year’s elections

    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      News in-depthCricket
      India and Pakistan face off in rare clash at Cricket World Cup

      Top-ranked foes bicker ahead of historic match as elections loom in each country

      Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan and Iftikhar Ahmed celebrate
    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      Asia-Pacific economy
      India and south Asia forecast to grow more quickly than other regions

      World Bank praises countries for strong fundamentals but says hitting development targets still ‘a long way to go’

      Gantries at an Indian port
    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      Suicide bombers kill more than 50 people in Pakistan attacks

      Three separate bombings on Friday fuel security fears in crisis-hit nation

      Men in medical scrubs accompany a stretcher carrying a bomb victim
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Unhedged
      Copper as lifeline and as investment Premium content

      If you think global warming can be solved, buy copper

      A Wall Street sign
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      News in-depthBarrick Gold Corp
      Miners’ hunt for copper takes Barrick to Pakistan’s western frontier

      Reko Diq has potential to be one of world’s biggest suppliers of metal needed for energy transition

      Local government officials visit the gold and copper mine site in the town of Reko Diq in Pakistan
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      Pakistan roiled by protests over surging electricity costs

      Popular anger threatens to derail crisis-hit country’s $3bn IMF programme

      People gather during a protest against the surge in electricity prices along a street in Muzaffarabad on Thursday
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      Imran Khan
      Pakistan court blocks Imran Khan’s release from prison

      Popular former prime minister fights barrage of legal cases that threaten his political comeback

      Imran Khan
    • Saturday, 12 August, 2023
      Pakistan's politics
      Pakistan appoints caretaker prime minister

      Anwar ul-Haq Kakar set for longer than usual interim rule after elections delay

      Members of Imran Khan’s opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party protest in Karachi
    • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
      News in-depthPakistan's politics
      Pakistan election delay raises fears for democracy

      Postponed poll and Imran Khan’s imprisonment deepen political crisis amid economic turmoil

      Supporters wave flags with Khan’s face on them
    • Sunday, 6 August, 2023
      Pakistan's politics
      Pakistan election set for delay as boundaries redrawn

      Move follows jailing of popular opposition leader Imran Khan

      An officer at a prison in Attock, Pakistan, where former prime minister Imran Khan is being held
    • Saturday, 5 August, 2023
      Pakistan's politics
      Pakistan court sentences Imran Khan to 3 years in jail

      Former prime minister taken into custody from his Lahore home after ruling on corruption charges

      Imran Khan
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      Pakistan’s leader vows to punish attackers after bomb attack

      At least 40 dead in one of country’s worst terrorist assaults in recent years

      An ambulance carries injured people after a bomb explosion in Pakistanon Sunday
    • Monday, 3 July, 2023
      Pakistan's economy
      Pakistan’s businesses urge more help for crisis-hit economy after IMF deal

      Short-term $3bn bailout eases default fears but looming election raises prospect reforms could be unwound

      Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and finance minister Ishaq Dar
    • Friday, 30 June, 2023
      Pakistan's economy
      Pakistan and IMF reach $3bn rescue funding deal

      Preliminary agreement staves off threat of default but reforms needed to resolve economic crisis, say analysts

      Two men in silhouette greet each other after the Eid al-Adha prayers in Peshawar, Pakistan
    • Thursday, 22 June, 2023
      Imran Khan
      Pakistan’s Imran Khan fights for political survival

      Popular former prime minister acknowledges path to power is narrowing as army crackdown intensifies

      Imran Khan
    • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
      Pakistan's economy
      IMF criticises Pakistan budget as pressure mounts for bailout package

      Islamabad had hoped to end deadlock with multilateral lender over stalled $7bn support programme

      An adult holding a child, seen through the legs of another adult in shallow water in Karachi, Pakistan
    • Monday, 12 June, 2023
      OutlookJohn Reed
      India’s new map ruffles regional feathers

      Redrawing national boundaries has provoked concern in Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh

      Nepalese students hold a copy of the ‘undivided india’ map and placards and shout anti-India slogans
    • Friday, 26 May, 2023
      Pakistan launches crackdown on Imran Khan’s party

      Arrest of populist former prime minister’s supporters is a challenge to democracy, analysts say

      Activists gesticulate and hold political banners
    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      Pakistan pins hopes on Chinese help in debt crunch

      Islamabad expects Beijing to roll over debt repayments next month but further deadlines loom

      Protesters in Karachi, Pakistan, look down from a wall at marchers
    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      News in-depth
      The populist vs the general: Imran Khan takes on Pakistan’s military

      Former prime minister’s criticism of army chief Asim Munir heightens tensions amid political crisis

      Photos of Imran Khan and Asim Munir against a green background
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