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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 23, 2023
Uncertainty in Pakistan as military faces unprecedented challenge to authority
The arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan earlier this month led to violent nationwide protests, including attacks on military buildings and on the homes of senior officers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 11, 2023
Hopes dim for extension of IMF relief amid Pakistan’s deepening political crisis
Foreign exchange reserves in the South Asian country, currently at $4.457 billion, cover barely a month's worth of imports.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 10, 2023
Protests erupt across Pakistan after arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan
The arrest came hours after the military rebuked the former international cricketer for alleging that a senior officer was involved in a plot to kill him.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 9, 2023
Former Pakistan leader Imran Khan arrested as aides call for nationwide protest
Khan, a former cricket star, was apparently detained in connection with a corruption investigation involving a plot of land.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 18, 2023
How Imran Khan’s poll demand sparked a new Pakistan crisis
The bid for snap elections only adds to a raft of problems that have plagued the South Asian nation since Khan was ousted from power a year ago.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 5, 2023
Pakistan police attempt to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan
A Pakistani court issued an arrest warrant after former Prime Minister Imran Khan failed to appear before the court in a corruption case on Feb. 28.
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MORE SPORTS
Mar 3, 2023
Pakistani field hockey player Shahida Raza was seeking better life before migrant shipwreck near Italy
Raza was one of two nationals that Pakistan's foreign ministry said died in the shipwreck.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 27, 2023
Islamist militants have Pakistan's police in their crosshairs
The increasingly deadly assaults arrive from hideouts in the border region adjoining Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2023
South Asia’s looming water war
The Indus Waters Treaty is nowhere near meeting India's needs and it is in Pakistan’s interest to remedy that.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 11, 2023
Hidden graves: India's crackdown on Kashmir rebel funerals
'Martyrs' graveyards,' as they are known locally, have traumatized the families of slain young men and outraged Kashmiris chafing under a broader clampdown on dissent.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 7, 2023
Dollars smuggled from Pakistan bring lifeline for Taliban but pain for Islamabad
Outflows to Afghanistan are exacerbating a rapidly developing economic crisis for Pakistan while softening the impact of U.S. and Europe sanctions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 5, 2023
Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf, military ruler who allied with the U.S. and promoted moderate Islam, dies at 79
The four-star general who ruled Pakistan for nearly a decade after seizing power in 1999, attempted to usher in socially liberal values in the conservative Muslim country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 3, 2023
Can Pakistan break the cycle of destruction in flood rebuilding?
More than 1,700 people were killed and 8 million were displaced by recent flooding, which also destroyed about a million homes and businesses across the country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 25, 2023
Library thrives in Pakistan's 'wild west' gun market town
Literacy in tribal areas is low as a result of poverty, patriarchal values and other issues, but attitudes toward education are slowing changing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 12, 2023
How India's ruling party is tightening its grip on Kashmir
India's ruling BJP Party hopes to get rewarded at the polls for scrapping policies that denied millions of people in Jammu and Kashmir many of the same rights as other Indians.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 26, 2022
Pakistan pleads for help with floods after ‘cameras have gone’
Pakistan's unprecedented floods in the summer killed more than 1,700 people, inundated third of the nation and cut the nation's growth by half.
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Nov 27, 2022
England cricketers land in Pakistan for first test series in 17 years
The three-match series, part of the World Test Championship, will commence in Rawalpindi beginning Thursday, with the second and third tests set for Multan and Karachi later in December.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 24, 2022
School's out: Pakistan floods raise education fears for millions
UNICEF said last month that the flooding has damaged or destroyed more than 26,600 schools nationwide, while at least 7,060 others are being used as temporary relief camps and shelters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 9, 2022
As the 'Third Pole' melts, climate diplomacy is hard to come by
The country is one of eight that occupy the largest volume of glacial ice outside the North and South Poles — and the ice is melting.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 8, 2022
More developing countries refinancing debt in green deals to tackle climate change
Collectively, 58 of the world's developing countries most vulnerable to climate change have almost half a trillion of debt servicing payments due in the next four years.

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