Pakistan

Experts say it's unlikely, but Pakistan's lack of a "No First Use" doctrine for nuclear weapons means it's not impossible.

Supporters of Pakistan's cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan, head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) Party, celebrate on a street in Islamabad on July 25th, 2018.

A spate of deadly bombings has killed more than 100 people at election rallies across the country.

Supporters of Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician and head of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan attend an election campaign rally.

The landmark legislation gives citizens the right to choose their gender identity and to have it recognized on official documents such as passports.

Pakistani Christians take part in a service at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore on December 18th, 2017, for the victims of a suicide attack on a church the day prior.

Pakistani Rangers and Indian Border Security Force personnel perform during the daily beating of the retreat ceremony at the India-Pakistan Wagah Border Post.

A new model of private education in Pakistan is integrating Islamic teaching with modern educational methods. With it, however, come questions of access, insularity, and necessity.

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

A fruit vendor reads a newspaper as he waits for customers on a street in Islamabad, Pakistan, on May 23rd, 2017.

An Indian resident gestures toward rising smoke, believed to have resulted from mortar shelling, in the village of Jhangar on May 14th, 2017.

The Senate torture report chronicled the CIA’s interrogation of high-profile detainee Abu Zubaydah, but the justice system’s treatment of his habeas corpus petition has largely escaped notice.

One woman living in one of the most dangerous and unstable regions in the world has a radical idea: peace curriculums. By working with both students and mothers, she's been able to stem the tide of violent extremism in her school. Now, it's time to take her plan nationwide.

Prosecutors acknowledge they accepted a guilty plea from an Australian man under a law that was passed after his alleged criminal conduct, and that his conviction should not stand.

A peek at Taliban educational philosophy.

The Senate debates the use of unmanned drone strikes.

Although Taliban thugs pulled the trigger on teenager Malala Yousafzai, a vocal advocate for girls' education in Pakistan, western media played a role in making her a target.