Latest articles on Pakistan

Khaya Sithole: Lessons to be learned from partitions

Opinion Khaya Sithole - 20 Aug 2020

South Africa’s economic, racial and social divides invite unrest that will leave us all worse off

India and China border conflict intensifies

World Haris Zargar - 10 Jul 2020

A frontier dispute between the two Asian giants turned deadly for the first time in 45 years. Observers argue the skirmish was exacerbated by Delhi’s annexation of Kashmir and Ladakh

Censorship, surveillance could be the biggest rights challenges post Covid-19

Coronavirus Mandeep Tiwana & Marianna Belalba Barreto - 11 Jun 2020

The impacts of these infringements could last well beyond the life of the Covid-19 pandemic

Surviving Covid-19 — and Modi

Article Alf Gunvald Nilsen - 27 Mar 2020

A religious and nationalist agenda has replaced the promise of development and left India ill-equipped to manage the pandemic

Terrorism used as excuse to suppress Kashmir

Analysis Idrisa Pandit - 6 Dec 2019

Within India, the Bharatiya Janata Party government is stoking Islamophobia by using religion as an instrument of identity politics

Kashmir: Modi’s threat to India’s democracy

Article Alf Gunvald Nilsen - 7 Aug 2019

The revocation of the contested territory’s special status marks a dangerous Hindu-nationalist shift

Du Plessis blasts ‘mediocre’ South Africa after World Cup exit

Article Steven Griffiths 1 - 24 Jun 2019

The Proteas slumpped to a 49-run defeat against Pakistan to end their chances of reaching a World Cup semifinal

Pakistan polio vaccine teams on edge after fatal attacks

Article Agency - 25 Apr 2019

Multiple polio vaccination workers in Pakistan have been killed in attacks targeting health workers in the country’s northwest earlier this week

US patience thins with Pakistan as India goes on offense

Article Shaun Tandon - 28 Feb 2019

US policymakers have grown exasperated with Pakistan for not doing more against Islamist extremists

Tensions escalate as Pakistan, India shoot down each other’s warplanes

Article Staff Reporter - 27 Feb 2019

While both sides have played down the threat of war, the rare aerial engagement over the disputed territory of Kashmir significantly raises the stakes

Bowlers incite our bloodlust

Article Luke Feltham - 15 Jan 2019

From the stands: Centurion and Wanderers

Proteas complete 3-0 Test series sweep of Pakistan

Article Agency - 14 Jan 2019

The Proteas defeated Pakistan by 107 runs in the third and final Test at the Wanderers Stadium on Monday to wrap up a 3-0 series sweep

Faf backs Amla to regain form

Article Colin Bryden - 25 Dec 2018

Amla was moved down to number four in the order for South Africa’s most recent Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo in July

Pakistan is either good or ghastly

Article Niren Tolsi - 24 Dec 2018

Perhaps no cricket-playing nation conjures the vicissitudes and vagaries of the game quite like Pakistan

Pakistan’s ‘penniless billionaires’ expose money laundering frenzy

Article Staff Reporter - 31 Oct 2018

Bank accounts in poor residents' names are flooded with cash, then suddenly emptied in a laundering scheme

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