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Pakistan
Hopes and fears of a crisis-racked country
Millions of Pakistanis voted for change on 18 February 2008 after months of street protests against President Musharraf and his allies. But it took the majority parties nearly a month to form a new government and soon found itself in crisis as the main parties fell out.
2008-05-14 12:37 TU
2008 election reports
Interview
Inside a jihadi training camp
Pakistan was born of the sectarian violence which split post-partition India, and it has rarely known much peace. Islamic groups, often trained by Pakistan's own secret services, turned on the US and the Pakistani governments allied to it. And their camps still exist.
2008-05-14 14:51 TU
Reportage
Journey to the PPP heartland
Sindh is the traditional heartland of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). Although a regionally-based party the Muttahida Quami Movement is strong in the provincial capital, Karachi, the PPP can mobilise millions of supporters in rural Sindh.
2008-12-31 15:23 TU
Inflation and poverty
Food prices rise, the government falls
Soaring food and utility prices contribution greatly to the unpopularity of President Pervez Musharraf and his allies. Poor Pakistanis found themselves hungry despite the government's boasts that the economy was booming.
2008-05-14 14:19 TU
Portrait
The Gujrat Chaudrys: a PML-Q dynasty in its bastion
Punjab province is the stronghold of Nawaz Sharif's PML-N party. But the breakaway PML-Q took control of some key areas after it split to back President Pervez Musharraf. Gujrat became famous as a bastion for the Chaudry family.
2008-05-14 14:41 TU
Since the elections
Somalia/Pakistan - preachers killed
Five Pakistani preachers shot dead in Puntland
2009-08-12 17:53 TU
Pakistan - sectarian violence - interview
Troops sent to Punjab after anti-Christian riots leave six dead
2009-08-03 16:05 TU
Pakistan - Swat valley offensive
Taliban bombarded in bastions, 700,000 have fled Swat
2009-05-13 15:39 TU
Pakistan - anti-Taliban offensive
Islamic parties criticise offensive after troops capture Buner
2009-04-29 15:54 TU
Pakistan - interview Swat valley Taliban
All Pakistan should be under sharia law, says Taliban spokesperson
2009-04-29 07:51 TU
Pakistan - Swat valley
Taliban withdraw from Buner, military prepares operation in Swat
2009-04-24 14:40 TU
US/Afghanistan/Pakistan
Pakistani spies under pressure after Obama outlines AfPak strategy
2009-03-28 09:25 TU
India/Pakistan - interview
Pakistan’s official reaction to Mumbai evidence “within days or weeks”?
2009-02-06 12:09 TU
Pakistan - interview
Information Minister resigns, say reports, as Islamabad faces lawyers' protest
2009-03-14 15:00 TU
Pakistan's political parties
The Pakistan People's Party (PPP)
Party of the poor - or Bhutto family business?
2008-05-14 13:07 TU
Photo report
September 2007 reports
Audio reports
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