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PAKISTAN

Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 8, 2023
Flood-hit Pakistanis still waiting on promised rebuild
Government pledges to rebuild flood-ravaged swathes of Pakistan so they are resilient to future extreme weather have largely failed to materialize.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 6, 2023
Repeated arrests and filthy cells: Inside Pakistan's crackdown
All the leaders who have been set free have publicly distanced themselves from Imran Khan, denounced the protests and praised the military.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 31, 2023
Bedlam in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Pakistan's political unrest, coupled with the Afghan Taliban regime's support for terrorists, has grave implications for international security.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 27, 2023
Pakistan establishment closes ranks in crackdown on Imran Khan
With military courts, intimidation of the press and mass arrests, Pakistan's rulers are seeking to destroy former Prime Minister Imran Khan's support ahead of elections, analysts say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 23, 2023
Uncertainty in Pakistan as military faces unprecedented challenge to authority
The arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan earlier this month led to violent nationwide protests, including attacks on military buildings and on the homes of senior officers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 11, 2023
Hopes dim for extension of IMF relief amid Pakistan’s deepening political crisis
Foreign exchange reserves in the South Asian country, currently at $4.457 billion, cover barely a month's worth of imports.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 10, 2023
Protests erupt across Pakistan after arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan
The arrest came hours after the military rebuked the former international cricketer for alleging that a senior officer was involved in a plot to kill him.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 9, 2023
Former Pakistan leader Imran Khan arrested as aides call for nationwide protest
Khan, a former cricket star, was apparently detained in connection with a corruption investigation involving a plot of land.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 18, 2023
How Imran Khan’s poll demand sparked a new Pakistan crisis
The bid for snap elections only adds to a raft of problems that have plagued the South Asian nation since Khan was ousted from power a year ago.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 5, 2023
Pakistan police attempt to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan
A Pakistani court issued an arrest warrant after former Prime Minister Imran Khan failed to appear before the court in a corruption case on Feb. 28.
Japan Times
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Mar 3, 2023
Pakistani field hockey player Shahida Raza was seeking better life before migrant shipwreck near Italy
Raza was one of two nationals that Pakistan's foreign ministry said died in the shipwreck.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 27, 2023
Islamist militants have Pakistan's police in their crosshairs
The increasingly deadly assaults arrive from hideouts in the border region adjoining Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2023
South Asia’s looming water war
The Indus Waters Treaty is nowhere near meeting India's needs and it is in Pakistan’s interest to remedy that.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 11, 2023
Hidden graves: India's crackdown on Kashmir rebel funerals
'Martyrs' graveyards,' as they are known locally, have traumatized the families of slain young men and outraged Kashmiris chafing under a broader clampdown on dissent.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 7, 2023
Dollars smuggled from Pakistan bring lifeline for Taliban but pain for Islamabad
Outflows to Afghanistan are exacerbating a rapidly developing economic crisis for Pakistan while softening the impact of U.S. and Europe sanctions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 5, 2023
Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf, military ruler who allied with the U.S. and promoted moderate Islam, dies at 79
The four-star general who ruled Pakistan for nearly a decade after seizing power in 1999, attempted to usher in socially liberal values in the conservative Muslim country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 3, 2023
Can Pakistan break the cycle of destruction in flood rebuilding?
More than 1,700 people were killed and 8 million were displaced by recent flooding, which also destroyed about a million homes and businesses across the country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 25, 2023
Library thrives in Pakistan's 'wild west' gun market town
Literacy in tribal areas is low as a result of poverty, patriarchal values and other issues, but attitudes toward education are slowing changing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 12, 2023
How India's ruling party is tightening its grip on Kashmir
India's ruling BJP Party hopes to get rewarded at the polls for scrapping policies that denied millions of people in Jammu and Kashmir many of the same rights as other Indians.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 26, 2022
Pakistan pleads for help with floods after ‘cameras have gone’
Pakistan's unprecedented floods in the summer killed more than 1,700 people, inundated third of the nation and cut the nation's growth by half.
Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
Honda and Nissan consider mutual production of vehicles, report says
Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe at the Japan Mobility Show 2023 at Tokyo Big Sight in October 2023.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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