Bina Shah

Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani pop singer turned Islamic preacher, landed himself in hot water when he recently ma…

KARACHI, Pakistan - Every Pakistani boy, it seems, has dreamed of becoming a star in one of the country's nat…

Pakistan isn't usually considered one of the world's information technology powerhouses; its share of global …

KARACHI, Pakistan - Flight Lt. Ayesha Farooq, Pakistan's only combat-ready female air force pilot, has become…

KARACHI, Pakistan - In Pakistan, Karachi is known as the City of Lights. Whenever I fly back here and see tho…

On Mar. 10, Swedish foreign minister Margot Wallström announced the cancellation of a 37 million euro arms de…

KARACHI, Pakistan - With one national language, Urdu, four provincial tongues (Sindhi, Punjabi, Pashto and Ba…

KARACHI, Pakistan - After the attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar last December, a volunteer team of…

KARACHI, Pakistan - As a writer and storyteller, my main preoccupation is with narrative - the literary term …

KARACHI, Pakistan - Seven years have passed since Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's former prime minister, was assas…

Posted: When we speak of international women's rights, it's tempting to think of them as a destination -- a l…

Last week I wept with pride as Malala Yousafzai collected her Nobel Peace prize in Oslo, next to Kailash Saty…

KARACHI, Pakistan - It was a scene out of a cinema farce. Pakistan International Airlines Flight PK-370 was s…

KARACHI, Pakistan - When I heard that the fourth season of Showtime's "Homeland" would be set in Pakistan and…

KARACHI, Pakistan - In a Pakistani election, each party is represented by a ballot icon - the Pakistan People…

KARACHI, Pakistan - On Feb. 12, 1983, 200 women - activists and lawyers - marched to the Lahore High Court to…

The Global Summit to End Violence Against Women in Conflict took place in London in June 2014, with 1700 dele…

KARACHI, Pakistan - I had just landed at Jinnah International Airport on July 7, and was walking toward the b…

The collection includes long, flowing dresses, skirts, and jumpsuits; long-sleeved shirts, coats, and even a …

LONDON - On June 7, a lovely Saturday afternoon, I visited an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum: "…

The terrible kidnapping of the 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram, a Nigerian armed group, has evoked dis…

Posted: Print Article There is an undeclared war going on in South Asia. It's a more important war than the o…

The "honour killing" of a 25 year old pregnant woman brings shame on an entire nation.

KARACHI, Pakistan - You can't go a day on the streets of Pakistan without hearing some spectacularly rude wor…