Updates on Pakistan's Election

Today two forces will be going out to decide Pakistan's fate: One with the votes and the other with the bombs. History will be on the side of the ones with the votes. There are no two opinions about this. No matter who one votes for, each and every ...

Mapping from Peshawar's NA-1 to Karachi's NA-248, Dawn.com takes a peek at some major national constituencies as election momentum builds with the polls only a day away. File photo Mapping from Peshawar's NA-1 to Karachi's NA-248, Dawn.com takes a ...

When I was a kid in the 1970s, I remember Pakistan's state-owned TV channel, PTV, used to keep playing a catchy song about Pak-China friendship. It went something like this: Pak-Cheen dosti wang woye, wang woye, wang woye, wang woye, Pak-Cheen dosti ...

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Roots: Formed in 1967 in Lahore by 39-year-old Sindhi politician, Z A. Bhutto, and veteran Marxist ideologue, J A. Rahim(1). Conceived as a populist left-wing political party to challenge the Ayub Khan dictatorship ...

I finally managed to get my hands on the DVD versions of three Pakistani films that I had once seen on the big screen many years ago, and was looking to do the same again, but this time in the privacy of my TV lounge. I went looking for them to ...

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN Spring in Pakistans capital brings explosions of pink bougainvillea and the subtle scent of roses. Theres another unmistakable aroma wafting in the air, too, thanks to the abundance of a widespread plant: marijuana. The weed ...

This is the season of surveys. This is the survey of surveys. A survey that depicts the true state of the mindset of urban middle-class Pakistanis and Indians. Pakistan • 73 per cent of middle-class Pakistanis want Honda and Suzuki to begin ...