‘They didn’t dwell on it – they felt so many had suffered more’: Mishal Husain on her family history and the partition of India
In her new book, written around 3am starts for Radio 4’s Today, the BBC presenter turns her gaze from the daily grind of British politics to her grandparents’ lucky escape
BAT subsidiary lobbies Pakistan to allow export of cigarettes to Sudan
Exclusive: critics brand British American Tobacco’s plan to ‘flood a country in crisis with cheap cigarettes’ as ‘beyond shameful’
Improving energy supply in Pakistan could save 175,000 lives, says Unicef
As a heatwave sweeps the country increasing demand for power, a new report says a more resilient network could also contribute $300m to the economy
May 2024
Moosa Lane review – loving cinematic bridge between two countries and cultures
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Weather tracker: Pakistan heatwave continues wild changes in weather patterns
Pakistani poet was abducted because of human rights activism, says wife
In Flames review – Pakistani horror mines the patriarchy for terror and despair
Charges dropped against nine Egyptians over 2023 migrant shipwreck off Greece
The world’s poorest didn’t cause the climate crisis, but they bear the brunt of it
‘Our culture is dying’: vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rites
April 2024
‘I only protest. I want to go to school’: the childhoods lost in Pakistan when loved ones are ‘disappeared’
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Weather tracker: rains bring deadly flash floods to Afghanistan and Pakistan
Delays by Home Office risk return of vulnerable Afghan families to Taliban
Tall tales but no dessert: the storyteller of Karachi and his ice-cream cart library
India and Pakistan tried to meddle in Canada elections, spy agency says
India appears to confirm extrajudicial killings in Pakistan
Indian government ordered killings in Pakistan, intelligence officials claim
Pakistani judges say intelligence agency threatened them over Imran Khan
Villain to some, hero to others: Asif Ali Zardari returns as Pakistan president
March 2024
Six killed after suicide bomber rams convoy of Chinese engineers in Pakistan
Five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver killed while en route from Islamabad to dam construction site