“Pakistan is about to cross an important threshold: this weekend’s elections, if all goes to plan, will mark the country’s first transition between elected governments. But this is not a moment for triumphalism,” writes a prominent analyst.

Opinion surveys …

“Fears over the safety of women voting in next week’s elections in Pakistan are rising after letters have been circulated in regions of the country warning men not to allow their wives, sisters and daughters out to the polling stations,” …

“Imran Khan’s supporters believe the serious injuries he sustained from a fall during a rally on Tuesday night could help his bid to become a major political force, despite the fact he will be hospitalized for the crucial last …

Pakistan’s forthcoming elections will be “severely compromised” unless the interim government takes measures to ensure the safety of candidates and party activists threatened by the Taliban and other militant groups, according to a new report.                                                   

On May 11, 2013, …

The United States should give a higher priority to advancing global religious freedom as a matter of national security, says a major new survey. The persecution of people of faith is inherently dangerous because it has the effect of …

Pakistan’s forthcoming May 11 elections will be “severely compromised” unless the interim government takes measures to ensure the safety of candidates and party activists threatened by the Taliban and other militant groups, a new report warns.

The authorities “should …

As it approaches its first ever peaceful transfer of power, Pakistan is “beset by a torrent of maladies,” a leading analyst suggests:

Its government is bankrupt. Its economy is mired in stagflation as the population booms. Terrorists strike all corners …

Working with Sharks, a compelling account of a leading Pakistani gender activist, Dr. Fouzia Saeed, against sexual harassment at the workplace, was released in the United States on the occasion of the International Women’s Day. When a slightly …

“This spring was supposed to open a new chapter in Pakistan’s tenuous embrace of inclusive democracy…the first time the country passes from one elected leadership to another,” writes Ahmed Rashid, author of Pakistan on the Brink.

“And …

“Pakistan is on the verge of making political history,” notes The Economist: its first transfer of power from one elected government to another.

Its halting experiments with democracy in the past were always interrupted by the real power of …