Pakistan Inside Out

Blogging in Pakistan ain’t like blogging in America

July 30, 2016Politics

Internet censorship in Pakistan teeters atop a confusing, politically-fraught seesaw. In her first blog for GlobalPost, Mariya Karimjee explains why it’s taken her so long to get online.

The 44 percent: Will women turn Pakistan’s political tide?

July 30, 2016Politics

Old rules in New Pakistan

July 30, 2016Politics

Tomorrow I’ll be voting for the first time, in Pakistan

July 30, 2016Politics

How not to hold a free and fair election

July 30, 2016Politics

Law and order, Karachi edition: How colonial rule lurks in democratic Pakistan

July 30, 2016Politics

Analysis: A section of Pakistan’s penal code left over from the days of British rule is still an all-purpose tool for government repression.

Color, nostalgic scenes make Pakistan’s trucks rolling works of art (VIDEO)

July 30, 2016Politics

When the US-led war in Afghanistan started, a lot of truckers were able to make fast money taking supplies up north. That made financing the purchase of a truck easy.

Living in the shadow of ‘fair and lovely’

July 30, 2016Politics

For reasons of beauty and culture, many women in sunny Pakistan are deficient in vitamin D.

In security-obsessed Karachi, an honor system thrives

July 30, 2016Politics

Why worry about handing your car keys to a stranger when the results are so positive?

How many traffic cops does it take to recognize Osama bin Laden?

July 30, 2016Economics

Welcome to the bewildering intersection of Pakistani humor and official incompetence.