Philip Reeves appears in the following:
Taliban Claim Credit For Another Attack In Karachi
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Militants are attacking a security training facility near the Karachi airport. The incident comes less than two days after a deadly attack on the Karachi airport itself.
Taliban Claim Responsibility For Karachi Airport Attack
Monday, June 09, 2014
Gunmen attacked Pakistan's international airport in Karachi Sunday night. At least 23 people are dead, including airport guards and the 10 militants said to be behind the attack.
Who Shot Pakistan's Star News Anchor? Some Point To Spy Agency
Friday, June 06, 2014
Pakistan's biggest media house and the country's spy agency, Inter-Services Intelligence, have been embroiled in conflict recently. Geo TV alleged that ISI tried to kill the network's...
How One Man's Arrest In London Shut Down Pakistan's Megacity
Thursday, June 05, 2014
Altaf Hussain has been running his powerful Pakistani political movement from self-imposed exile for 22 years. After he was arrested in London on Tuesday, Karachi came to a grinding halt.
Pakistani Woman Beaten To Death By Her Family As Police Stand By
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Pakistan is reeling from the latest so-called "honor killing." Just feet from a courthouse, a pregnant woman was beaten to death with rocks and shot for marrying a man against her family's wishes.
Being A TV Anchor In Pakistan Is Fraught With Danger
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Pakistan's No. 1 TV anchor Hamid Mir is recovering from six bullet wounds. He was shot by motorcycle gunmen while he was being driven through Karachi. Mir immediately blamed Pakistan's spy agency,
At Indian Prime Minister's Inauguration, A Historic Pakistani Presence
Monday, May 26, 2014
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was among the guests at Narenda Modi's inauguration. It's the first time the leader of one of the archrivals has attended the swearing-in of the other.
In Pakistan, Ultra-Conservative Rivals Attack Moderate Muslims
Monday, April 28, 2014
Most Pakistanis follow a form of Islam that's entwined with South Asia's mystical Sufi tradition. They are known as Barelvis, and they are under attack from hardline Deobandis Muslims.
A Millionaire Saves The Silenced Symphonies Of Pakistan
Saturday, April 26, 2014
The city street where Sachal Studios is located looks like any other in Lahore, Pakistan. There are tea stalls and rickshaws and grimy car repair shops.
But it doesn't quite sound the same — or more precisely, there's a sound that Pakistanis have begun to forget.
Inside Sachal Studios, an ...
Gunmen Wound Pakistani TV Anchor In Weekend Shooting
Monday, April 21, 2014
Hamid Mir, one of Pakistan's most famous journalists, was shot and wounded by gunmen as he was driving down a busy street in Karachi. It's the second such attack this month on a journalist.
Man Reaches For The Sun For A Solution To Pakistan's Gas Crisis
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
A plan to replace imported oil with domestic natural gas has led to fuel shortages and long lines in Pakistan. A businessman has spent $500,000 of his own money to develop an affordable solar car.
Pakistanis Watch Afghan Elections, Wary Of A '90s Replay
Friday, April 11, 2014
To Pakistan, the Afghan elections and the withdrawal of most U.S. troops seems reminiscent of the Soviet departure decades ago — leaving Afghanistan in Pakistan's lap, for better or worse.
2 Pakistani Musicians Gain Fame Singing Political Satire
Thursday, April 10, 2014
In Pakistan, it's too dangerous to print your opinion. So it may be surprising that 2 Pakistani musicians are Internet celebrities after releasing songs lambasting the nation's mullahs and military.
The World's Most Optimistic Law: Banning Graffiti In Karachi
Sunday, February 09, 2014
If there was a competition to find the world's Most Optimistic Law, then here's a promising contender.
A law has just been introduced in Pakistan that bans people from scrawling graffiti on the walls of Karachi, a vast, chaotic port city on the shores of the Arabian Sea.
It is ...