Imtiaz Gul

Country divided as ’emotional’ Musharraf is charged with high treason.

General Pervez Musharraf was indicted on five counts, including treason [AFP]

Legislator Abd al-Sattar Wazir promised his voters in the South Waziristan border region to fight for their fundamental rights and infrastructure development of the remote and neglected area.

Afghans suspected of being Taliban supporters held in Pakistan

While many Pakistanis are embracing the “war on US products”, others believe the movement has a long way to go.

American fast food retaurants are on the boycott list

In Pakistan, paying your debts with a pound of flesh can be painfully close to reality.

Labourers are enslaved by unscrupulous creditor bosses

For her rosy cheeks, Sameena’s parents used to call her “rosebud.” However, little could they imagine their rosebud will wither away soon after being married off to a distant relative in the Dir district of Pakistan’s Northwestern Frontier Province (NWFP).

Poverty is a main factor which helps in the trafficking of women

“I personally conveyed messages to (Indian) Prime Minister AB Vajpayee through every international leader that if Indian troops moved a single step across the international border or Line of Control, they should not expect a conventional war from Pakistan.”

Nuclear weapons are a major element of Pakistan's national defence strategy

When senior Pakistani and Chinese officials assembled in Islamabad to mark China’s national day on 1 October, the bonhomie on show was understandable.