Quetta

Conflict

Attackers kill dozens of sleeping cadets at Pakistani police academy in Quetta

The World

October 25, 2016

Who's to blame? Two militant groups have taken credit. Pakistan's army blames a third group. And some point fingers at the army itself, accusing security forces of fostering the very extremist groups now attacking the country.

Culture

'Their brutal killing machines are always under our feet' — Pakistan's war rug weavers speak out

The World

February 19, 2015

In recent weeks, Western media outlets have run pictures of rugs from Pakistan featuring drone images. It's part of a long-standing tradition of "war rugs" featuring designs of the weapons of the day, but no one had spoken to the weavers themselves — until now.

Pakistanis question government's use of bans on cell phones, other tech

The World

January 03, 2013

Pakistan's government likes to ban things. On New Year's eve, it instituted bans on particular ways of using motorbikes. But that's perhaps one of the milder bans. On several occasions this year, the government has banned the use of cell phones, social media and even motorbikes entirely.