If ultimate authority belongs to a figure who will return, then no existing state can claim final sovereignty

Across much of the Shia world, Khamenei's assassination will be read through Karbala

In Sukkur Jail, Benazir’s isolation forged a leader beyond lineage

For six weeks each year, the PSL proves Pakistan can run institutions that work

Imam Ali’s life joined faith with justice, authority with an uncompromising moral conscience

Imran Khan’s imprisonment, Pakistan's political paralysis

Once a symbol of civic hope, Pakistan's judiciary now declines with overreaching, infighting, lost credibility

A new court, revised tenure rules, limits on powers raise questions over 27th Amendment, Pakistan’s judicial structure

Pakistan’s war with the TTP has returned to the mountains of Waziristan

The scene had all the violence of silence