Pakistan
Nation-builders on a sticky wicket: the farce and heroism of Pakistani cricket
There is farce in Peter Oborne’s history of cricket in Pakistan. An impossible umpire is abducted by drunken English tourists…
Witness to a stoning
Islam knows it is under siege – and the fear makes it more brutal
Hope for one of the most turbulent, traumatised regions in the world
John Keay’s excellent new book on the modern history of South Asia plunges the reader head first into some wildly…
Malala for free schools
It’s not state education but private education she’s fighting for – so why doesn’t the media admit that?
Malala's voice is defiant — but how much can she change Pakistan?
In 2012 a Taleban gunman, infuriated by Malala Yousafzai’s frequent television appearances insisting that girls had a right to education,…
