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After the traditional Sufi gathering ended at the Mauj Darya Shrine, men leaned on the protective barrier surrounding the construction work and finished their joints before leaving.

A New Rail Line In Lahore May Damage Heritage Sites, Activists In Pakistan Warn

2:03pm March 11, 2018

With help from China, Pakistan's government is building a 16-mile-long metro in Lahore to ease traffic. But it comes with a catch. It passes near many of the city's historical buildings.

Books
Arts

Partition, Through A Child's Eyes, In 'The Night Diary'

8:16am March 11, 2018

by Renee Montagne

Veera Hiranandani's new book is a coming of age story, for both her half-Muslim, half-Hindu heroine, 12-year-old Nisha, and Nisha's country — which is about to split into India and Pakistan.

Leena Khandwalla, 44, at her family home in Karachi, Pakistan. After members of her religious community in the U.S. and Australia were arrested for performing female genital mutilation, she decided to go public about her childhood experience of undergoing

A Secretive Sect Opens A Debate On Female Genital Mutilation

11:21pm February 28, 2018

by Diaa Hadid

The Bohras, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, practice cutting as a clandestine ritual. Now, the arrest of a Bohra doctor in Detroit for performing FGM has inspired a frank discussion in Pakistan.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in Moscow Tuesday.

World News

Pakistan Says It Dodged U.S. Efforts To Put It On A Terror-Finance List

10:35pm February 21, 2018

"Our efforts paid" off, says Pakistan's foreign minister, claiming a global task force failed to reach consensus on punishing the country.

Mohammed Amin shows a picture of his 7-year-old daughter, Zainab Ansari, in Kasur, Pakistan, on Jan. 18. On Saturday, a 24-year-old local man, found guilty in her murder, was sentenced to die.

World News

Pakistan: Zainab Ansari's Confessed Killer Sentenced To Death

11:09am February 17, 2018

by Amy Held

The world was moved by a viral photo of the 7-year-old girl, whose body was found on a trash heap in January.

On Karachi beach where residents splash in the Arabian Sea, Arioch William, 18, and his girlfriend Sheza, 17, celebrated Valentine's Day a few days early.

World News

In Pakistan, Valentine's Day Brings Out Roses And Culture Wars

11:51am February 14, 2018

Conservative Pakistanis keep trying to ban any celebration of the Christian saint of love, but flower sellers keep turning up for couples who mark the day.

Attendees peruse the books available at last weekend's Karachi Literary Festival.

World News

Liberal Pakistanis Reclaim 'Shrinking Space' For Expression At Karachi Lit Fest

3:49pm February 13, 2018

by Diaa Hadid

The annual, Oxford University Press-produced literature festival showcases books, music and open debate of Pakistan's problems.

Shawareb the cat reclaims his place on NPR correspondent Diaa Hadid's bed hours after he arrives in Islamabad.

World News

How I Moved My Cat From Israel To Pakistan

11:51am February 10, 2018

by Diaa Hadid

NPR's Islamabad correspondent faced a thorny problem when she moved from Jerusalem to Pakistan: how to transport her pet between countries that lack diplomatic links and don't recognize each other.

A U.S. Army helicopter crew chief scans the ground near Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan in June 2017.

After 16 Years, Afghanistan War Is 'At Best A Grinding Stalemate,' Journalist Says

2:18pm February 06, 2018

by Terry Gross

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll warns that there is no end in sight to America's longest war: "Most of the generals ... say in public, 'There's no military solution to this war.'"

A poster in Kasur, Pakistan, includes a picture of Zainab and the message: "Protest. Protest. Protest. Daughter Zainab, we are ashamed. But if not now, then never. Zainab, in light of your martyrdom, we will seek accountability for all similar events in t

A 13th Child Is Raped And Killed — And A Pakistani City Is Up In Arms

7:58pm February 01, 2018

The rape and slaying of 7-year-old Zainab Amin caused a political crisis aimed at officials who are accused of failing to protect the children of Kasur.

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