Tagged: TLP

3rd November 2021

Religious ultra-conservatism has a field day in Pakistan. It puts Saudi Arabia on the Spot

Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism is having a field day. Barely three months after the Taliban claimed victory in Afghanistan, Pakistan, the second most populous Muslim-majority state, is moving to join Kabul in becoming an outpost...

Opinion / Pakistan / Taliban

2nd September 2018

Playing politics with religion: Imran Khan puts himself between a rock and a hard place

Less than a week in office, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has made blasphemy one of his first issues, empowering militants and initiating international moves, long heralded by Saudi Arabia, that would restrict press...