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Pakistan

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Pakistan is a Muslim-majority South Asian country that gained independence from British rule in 1947. The country's capital is Islamabad.

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Reports & Analysis

DW meets five LGBTQ+ rights activists from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Taiwan.

Fighting for LGBTQ+ rights across Asia

Fighting for LGBTQ+ rights across Asia

DW meets five LGBTQ+ rights activists from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Taiwan.
EqualityOctober 4, 202313:54 min
Women in blue robes walk through a dusty street

Can Pakistan deport 1.7 million Afghan refugees?

Can Pakistan deport 1.7 million Afghan refugees?

Pakistan has provided a haven for Afghan refugees, who are now being caught in tensions over militant attacks.
MigrationOctober 4, 2023
a woman works on designing a game

Could Pakistan become a game development hub?

Could Pakistan become a game development hub?

Pakistan's game development sector is growing. One video game set on the streets of Lahore has proven a hit with locals.
BusinessOctober 3, 202301:42 min
Two Afghan girls walk through a street in Kabul, where they are not allowed to go to school beyond grade 6

Pakistan scholarship offers glimmer of hope to Afghan girls

Pakistan scholarship offers glimmer of hope to Afghan girls

Mardan's Abdul Wali Khan University has announced 50 scholarships for Afghan female students.
SocietySeptember 29, 202302:22 min
Transgender sex workers talk to DW in Peshawar, Pakistan

Pakistan: The plaza that 500 trans sex workers call home

Pakistan: The plaza that 500 trans sex workers call home

Transgender people who live and work at Iqbal Plaza in Pakistan's Peshawar city share their life stories with DW.
SocietySeptember 28, 202302:10 min
Ten-year-old Koonj Hakim sits on a bed writing.

Pakistan: Schools still struggling in flood-hit areas

Pakistan: Schools still struggling in flood-hit areas

One year after the catastrophic floods in Pakistan, schools remain closed due to a lack of clean water and sanitation.
EducationSeptember 27, 202303:40 min
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Skip next section In the spotlight

In the spotlight

A landmark Parsi building in Karachi

Pakistan: What happened to Zoroastrians in Karachi?

Only a few hundred Parsis, followers of Zoroaster (Zarathustra), remain in the Pakistani metropolis.
ReligionSeptember 22, 2023
A German-Pakistan school in Karachi, which has been shut down due to a lack of funds

German-Pakistani school for Afghan children remains empty

The school once provided hope for children of Afghan migrants, but now former pupils have nowhere to study.
SocietySeptember 22, 202302:12 min
A Pakistani soldier is training dogs at a facility in Rawalpindi

Inside Pakistan's top secret military dog training center

DW gains access to a dog training facility in Pakistan, which prepares canines for deployment all over the world.
ConflictsSeptember 21, 202303:14 min
A man sits behind the counter in a pharmacy shop with many packets of medicines on the counter and behind him on the shelves.

Falling rupee leaves Pakistanis struggling to buy medicine

Inflation is hitting Pakistan's health care sector with many patients unable to afford drugs.
SocietySeptember 8, 202302:48 min
Ahmadi community members praying at a mosque in Germany

Who are Germany's Ahmadi community?

More than 100 years ago, members of this ostracized group left South Asia in search of religious freedom.
ReligionSeptember 5, 202302:30 min
Künstler Shehzil Malik

A safe space for Pakistani artists tackling taboo topics

The Pakistan Art Forum supports emerging artists dealing with feminist or LGBTQ themes.
ArtsSeptember 4, 2023
Skip next section Opinion

Opinion

DW Adnan Ishaq

Political chaos doesn't augur well for Pakistan's democracy

Adnan Ishaq
Commentary
PoliticsApril 8, 2022
DW's Umer Ali

Pakistan's unrelenting assault on journalism

Umer Ali
Commentary
Human RightsJune 13, 2021
DW's Warda Imran

Journalists are never truly free in Pakistan

Warda Imran
Commentary
PoliticsMay 3, 2021
Weigand Florian Kommentarbild App

Goodbye to democracy in the Hindu Kush?

Florian Weigand
Commentary
ConflictsFebruary 29, 2020
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India's forced unity will not bring peace

Peter Sturm
Commentary
ConflictsAugust 15, 2019

The remote but real threat of nuclear war in South Asia

Michael Kugelman
Commentary
ConflictsFebruary 28, 2019