By Helena WilliamsForeign reporting is changing. With news outlets' budgets tightening, and competition, pressure and risks on the rise, foreign journalists working in conflict countries are abandoning traditional methods of reporting in favour of using cheap, local hires to get......more
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Recently in Pakistan Category
First Wednesday: The problems facing Pakistan and its leadership
By Rosie Scammell The Forum opened to a full house on Wednesday evening for a clash of opinions over the problems facing Pakistan. With BBC journalist Owen Bennett-Jones acting as chair, the government and military soon took centre stage, a......more
It's the Military, Stupid
By Thomas Lowe ‘Memogate’, nuclear weapons, Bin Laden, Imran Khan, US foreign policy, Afghanistan - it seems that global issues are destined to pass through Pakistan. But it’s the vast military apparatus at the very centre of the state of......more
American Muslim: Freedom, Faith and Fear
By Alan Selby A lot has changed in the years since 9/11. The date itself has become emblematic of a change in attitudes towards Islam, perhaps most notably in the country which bore witness to the infamous attacks that day. Popular......more
Shedding light in darkness: Kate Brooks and capturing the Middle East
Last night's Frontline Club event - In the Picture: Kate Brooks: A decade on the front line - shed some light on the motives behind Brooks' incredible life: beautiful photography, capturing every shade of human emotion, from hope and happiness, to despair, and everything in between....more
Defusing Human Bombs
The shouts and laughter of boys playing games fills up the hidden away in a remote valley near Swat Pakistan. With their green and red school uniforms, these boys and seem like any other school children. But there is......more
Osama bin Laden's death: What difference will it make?
By Patrick SmithOn the day after al Qaeda's "leader" Osama bin Laden was killed by US forces in a daring raid on a nondescript compound outside Jalalabad, BBC Urdu sent out reporters into four cities across Afghanistan and Pakistan. Not......more
Pakistan under the spotlight: Is the money getting to where it needs to go?
Pakistan is still reeling from the devastating floods that have seen one fifth of the country become submerged. More than $800 million has been pledged through international donations. But allegations abound that some of the money pledged is not reaching......more
First Wednesday: Why Pakistan matters
This Wednesday we turn our attention again to the crisis unfolding in Pakistan. With more than 14 million people displaced by relentless floods and disease spreading through the country, our First Wednesday event for September with chair Paddy O'Connell will......more
Fatima Bhutto speaks out against Pakistan's digital liberty crackdown
By Gouri SharmaFatima Bhutto has criticised authorities in Pakistan for cutting off access to Facebook earlier this month. Bhutto used her appearance at the Frontline Club on Wednesday to highlight wh she things th the government was wrong to ban......more
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