Pakistan

‘Too good to turn down’: Franks bucks the trend with Central Punjab switch

Nottinghamshire assistant coach heading to Pakistan for an intriguing assignment in four-day and 50-over competitions

Ali Martin

23, Sep, 2022 @12:00 PM

‘Give workers an equal seat’: pressure builds for Levi’s to protect factory employees

Activists say that the company’s own audits have been ineffective and workers receive inadequate safety protections

Michael Sainato

23, Sep, 2022 @8:00 AM

Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie review – Karachi to London

A friendship is charted from girlhood to middle age, in this admirably thorny novel of postcolonial adolescence and contemporary politics

Tanjil Rashid

23, Sep, 2022 @6:30 AM

I never saw plays about people like me on Australian stages. Writing my own has shown me a good story connects with everyone | Saman Shad

Audiences appreciate seeing a difference slice of life and will lose themselves in the story – you just need to give them the chance

Saman Shad

22, Sep, 2022 @5:30 PM

Snipers take positions in Pakistan to try to make cricket feel normal | Andy Bull

Drum-tight security accompanies England’s return on a loss-leading tour intended to reassure the world that it is a safe place

Andy Bull in Karachi

22, Sep, 2022 @7:00 AM

‘It is beyond bleak’: Pakistan floods affecting 16m children, says Unicef

Devastating conditions were triggered by heavy monsoon rains that have so far killed more than 1,500 people

Shah Meer Baloch in Larkana

21, Sep, 2022 @12:13 PM

Why should we in Pakistan pay for catastrophic floods we had no part in causing? | Sherry Rehman

Pakistan continues to pay in loss and damages for the carbon emissions of others. This must change, says Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s climate change minister

Sherry Rehman

21, Sep, 2022 @6:00 AM

The Guardian view on Pakistan’s floods: life in the aftermath | Editorial

Editorial: The images of raging torrents were frightening – but as the waters begin to retreat, the true disaster is emerging

Editorial

20, Sep, 2022 @5:38 PM

Kamila Shamsie on the crisis in British politics: ‘What kind of democracy is this?’

Growing up in Pakistan, the novelist experienced the euphoria of free elections and the disillusionment when vested interests reasserted themselves. She reflects on the parallels with Westminster today

Kamila Shamsie

20, Sep, 2022 @9:00 AM

Pakistan reels from floods: ‘We thought we’d die of hunger. Now we fear death from water’

After record temperatures and drought, swaths of the country lie submerged, symptoms of a climate crisis its people play little part in

Shah Meer Baloch in Pakistan and Matthew Taylor

17, Sep, 2022 @5:00 AM

Jos Buttler vows to ‘raise spirits’ of Pakistan as England return after 17 years

England’s players have agreed to make a five-figure donation to help with flood relief in Pakistan, according to their captain, Jos Buttler