Lahore

Pashtun women in Pakistan hold posters of their missing family members

Is Pakistan poised for a Pashtun Spring?

Pashtuns are an ethnic minority group composed largely of about 30 million people in Pakistan. They have also gone missing by the thousands.

Is Pakistan poised for a Pashtun Spring?
 Asma Jahangir speaks during a news conference in Islamabad

Human rights activist lawyer Asma Jahangir inspired women to speak loudly

Human rights activist lawyer Asma Jahangir inspired women to speak loudly
A man leads a camel with children taking a ride on it along the Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan

Fear has not paralyzed Pakistan

Fear has not paralyzed Pakistan
The video, featuring Beyonce's 'Run The World (Girls)', has been criticised by both religious conservatives and feminists in Pakistan.

How a viral dance video set to Beyonce got Pakistan talking

How a viral dance video set to Beyonce got Pakistan talking
Poor Rich Boy

For Poor Rich Boy — lyrically, think Morrissey, but musically their melodies are Beatle-like

For Poor Rich Boy — lyrically, think Morrissey, but musically their melodies are Beatle-like
The World

Two Pakistani sisters out-Bieber the Bieb

Two teenage sisters have become web — and now TV — sensations by singing songs from their hero: Justin Bieber.

Two Pakistani sisters out-Bieber the Bieb
From left, BBC reporter Shaimaa Khalil, salon owner Murtasa Misbah and acid attack victim Bushra Shafi, who got medical attention for her burns thanks to Misbah and now works at her salon.

'For less than a dollar, you can [buy] a liter of acid and basically destroy someone's life'

Almost 10 years ago, a young Pakistani woman was held down by her mother-in-law while her husband and father-in-law threw acid on her. Some 150 operations later, Bushra Shafi is working as a beautician in a hair salon in Lahore, started by a hairdresser who was moved to help victims of acid attacks when one of them came into her salon and asked simply: "Can you make me beautiful again?"

'For less than a dollar, you can [buy] a liter of acid and basically destroy someone's life'
Alisa Weinstein

This American has been held in Pakistan for three years. His daughter wants him home

Warren Weinstein worked for USAID in Pakistan before he was abducted by unknown men. He has been held since 2011 by men thought to be members of al-Qaeda. As the third anniversary of his kidnapping approaches, his daughter wants to see him back home.

This American has been held in Pakistan for three years. His daughter wants him home
Parveen

Why violence against women is a more destabilizing force in Pakistan than any terrorist cell

Following a horrific attack against a women in Pakistan, women are speaking out to end a cycle a violence, and an undeclared war against half its population.

Why violence against women is a more destabilizing force in Pakistan than any terrorist cell
Fatima Haroon, a pregnant woman in Pakistan

What if your mother-in-law decided when you got pregnant?

In Pakistan, family planning is often a family decision. If a woman wants to go on birth control, her mother-in-law may cast the deciding vote.

What if your mother-in-law decided when you got pregnant?
My ride to Lahore!

A journalist returns to Pakistan more than 60 years after her family fled to India

Sonia Narang will be reporting from Pakistan in April as part of a fellowship sponsored by the East West Center. The trip has had special meaning for her, though, because she'll be the first member of her extended family to visit Pakistan since they left after the Indian/Pakistani partition in 1947.

A journalist returns to Pakistan more than 60 years after her family fled to India
Hallelujah performs at an annual prayer event in Kasur, Pakistan.

Hallelujah? Christian rock is gaining popularity in Pakistan — under the radar

There are a number of amateur and semi-professional Christian/Gospel rock bands in Pakistan. Among them is Hallelujah, which has parlayed its mix of rock and Christian themes into a little bit of mainstream attention.

Hallelujah? Christian rock is gaining popularity in Pakistan — under the radar

This ad from Google India brought me to tears

Google is the most popular search engine in the world, but can it solve one of history's most intractable problems? A new ad from the company's India branch shows how two friends, divided by the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan, were reunited... with a little help from Google Search.

This ad from Google India brought me to tears
Google Reunion Ad Still

This Google ad has moved people to tears across India and Pakistan

Google India made an ad to show how the search engine could help people reconnect with old friends. Now the campaign has touched an emotional chord across Pakistan and India, by reawakening memories of the painful partition of India in 1947.

This Google ad has moved people to tears across India and Pakistan

From poisonous snakes in Brazil to poisonous gas in Syria, to political poison in the US, what a Monday!

Monday's Global Scan covers wild animals, wild politics and not-so-wild efforts to dismantle Syria's chemical weapons infrastructure. What will the rest of the week bring?

From poisonous snakes in Brazil to poisonous gas in Syria, to political poison in the US, what a Monday!