Politician Imran Khan, center, speaks to journalists outside his residence in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistani Interior Minister Chaudary Nisar Ali Khan said at a press conference th...
A Pakistani volunteer and a police officer rush an injured person to a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan.
Pakistani Shiite Muslim women beat their chests during a procession to mark Ashoura in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Shiites mark Ashoura, the tenth day of the month of Muharram, to commem...
Pakistani police officers and local residents gather at the site of firing incident at Garhi Sohbat Khan on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan. Two gunmen on a motorcycle killed t...
Pakistani protesters burn a representation of Indian flag during an anti-Indian rally in Karachi, Pakistan.
Pakistani religious leaders, from right Hafiz Saeed, chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawa joins hands with Sirajul Haq, center, and the leader of Hizbul Mujahideen Syed Salahuddin, left, during...
Leaders of Pakistani political and religious parties sit on stage during an anti-Indian rally in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Pakistani police officers present Waseem Azeem, the brother of slain model Qandeel Baloch, before the media following his arrest at a police station in Multan, Pakistan.
Villagers join Mohammed Tofeeq, right, in prayers for his wife, Muqadas Tofeeq, who local police say was killed by her mother, in Butrawala village on the outskirts of Gujranwala, ...
Khurram Zaki's mother and family members mourn his death prior to his funeral in Karachi, Pakistan. A Pakistani police officer says gunmen riding motorcycles have shot and killed Z...
Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan talks on a phone prior to a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Women pray during an Easter service at St Anthony's Church in Lahore, Pakistan. Christians across the world are celebrate Easter, commemorating the day followers believe Jesus was ...
People pray next to a depiction of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during on Good Friday at a church in Lahore, Pakistan.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attends a military parade to mark Pakistan's Republic Day in Islamabad, Pakistan.
People watch Pakistani army tanks during a military parade to mark Pakistan's Republic Day in Islamabad, Pakistan.
A Pakistani-made Gaznavi missile, capable of carrying nuclear war heads, loaded on a trailer rolls down during a military parade to mark Pakistan's Republic Day in Islamabad, Pakis...
Activists of Pakistani civil society chant slogans during a rally to condemn the Brussels attack, in Multan, Pakistan.
Thousands of people move with an ambulance carrying the body of police officer Mumtaz Qadri, the convicted killer of a former governor, during funeral prayers, in Rawalpindi, Pakis...
Hafiz Saeed, center, leader of Jamaat-ud-Dawa join hands with other leaders to express solidarity with Indian Kashmiris at a rally in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Pakistani authorities destroy seized contraband and liquor bottles to mark International Customs Day at the Pakistan-India border town Wagah near Lahore, Pakistan. Annually held on...
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Beleaguered Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's younger brother and Punjab province Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif is ex
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A man belonging to the minority Shia community in Pakistan has been sentenced to death by an anti- terrorism court for pos
Mohammed Hanif never disappoints. Here he is, writing on his homecoming to Karachi for the Guardian:
...As a family we have come to appreciate the fact that we live in a world where the day a bomb doesn't go off somewhere in the country is a pretty good day. And even the power cuts become bearable. In Karachi, people discuss electricity in the same way we used to discuss weather in London; boasting about the capacity of their generators as if they are showing off their holiday snaps. Initially I liked not having electricity for part of the day, a mandatory media fast. I even started reading War and Peace. Then electricity started disappearing six times a day and the May heat slapped us around. We dropped our eco-friendly posturing and bought a generator...
Karachi is still a combination of oddities and surprises. It is the only city in the world where Pakistani cricket legend-turned-politician Imran Khan is banned. In an election where voters were British celebrity magazine editors, Khan could easily have become mayor of somewhere. However, Hello! has limited influence over public opinion in Karachi. But in a bizarre twist, Khan is barred from Karachi by someone who actually lives in London: Altaf Hussain, Karachi's favourite son and its most powerful politician, has been living in exile for more than 15 years. Since he left, his party has won every single election but he prefers to live in Edgware. Like an absentee landlord he runs Karachi as his personal fiefdom. So in a way my life here is still governed by someone who lives in a London suburb.
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