In a rare show of unity, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, the two former prime ministers who have, for long, been bitterly opposed to each other, agreed to take a joint stand on whether to participate in the coming elections, giving a dramatic twist to Pakistan's turbulent politics................detail

A few days after Pervez Musharraf carried out a coup against himself early last month - an unusual luxury that was available to him at the time because he was managing the affairs of state in two capacities - he received a call from the man to whom he has been answerable for the past six years.......detail

The abiding US interest in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), which are geographically part of the NWFP but are administered by the federal government, became evident once again recently when a Pentagon spokesman said a plan was being drawn up to train and expand the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) ..........detail

All great things make a comeback. The very traditional peshwaz and churidar pyjama are making forays into the fashion scene once again. They began as the garb of the Mughals, but the peshwaz and pyjama became a sartorial choice for special occasions like weddings before being relegated to the sidelines in the '90s. .........detail

It is 2004. A FM radio station starts in a hamlet called Mamderhai, located just beside Mingora, the main business hub in Swat Valley, along the banks of the River Swat. Maulana Fazlullah initially gives radio sermons about the practice and principles of Islam. Residents, especially women, are instantly attracted and find themselves compelled to listen.........detail

The more things change in Pakistan, the more they remain the same. When the army chief staged another coup on November 3, 2007, the standard operating procedure was employed for the putsch: soldiers were mobilised, a media blackout was engineered, flights were disrupted, key political figures were arrested and, amid a flurry of rumours.,.............detail