Pakistan
: Snehal Shingavi The death of 24 Pakistani soldiers in a helicopter gunship attack by U.S./NATO forces has cast a spotlight on Washington's shadowy military campaign.
December 5, 2011 : Adaner Usmani Thousands of workers in the Pakistani city of Karachi are waging an inspiring strike at a recently privatized power plant.
June 16, 2011 The hardships from Pakistan's earlier monsoon floods are currently being exacerbated by the onslaught of winter--and millions are suffering as a result.
January 11, 2011 : Saadia Toor A Pakistani activist in the U.S. describes the terrible consequences of the collision between natural disaster and a spreading U.S. war in Pakistan.
November 9, 2010 : Bushra Khaliq A member of the Labor Party Pakistan describes the impact of the catastrophic floods in her country--and the government's inept response.
September 8, 2010 : Snehal Shingavi The floodwaters are finally beginning to recede a month after they tore through Pakistan, but the devastation left in their wake is vast.
September 3, 2010 In the wake of devastating floods in Pakistan, how can those of us who live in the heart of the U.S. empire express our solidarity with ordinary Pakistanis?
September 1, 2010 : Snehal Shingavi Pakistan's floods have been devastating, but the impact of war, poverty and the poor response of the government have made their impact far worse.
August 16, 2010 More than 1,000 people are dead and tens of thousands homeless after the worst flooding the country has seen in 80 years.
August 11, 2010 : Adaner Usmani Dangerous working conditions and miserable wages have driven 15,000 workers in the Gadani ship-breaking yards to stop work.
July 6, 2010 Hotel workers at a five-star hotel near Islamabad are on hunger strike after management fired 350 employees and rejected negotiations with the union.
June 23, 2010 Workers at a five-star hotel in Karachi occupied the building’s basement after management fired four veteran workers and union activists.
March 22, 2010 : Jeremy Scahill Three U.S. Special Forces soldiers were killed in Pakistan, confirming that the U.S. military is more deeply engaged there than previously thought.
February 23, 2010 : Jeremy Scahill Defense Secretary Robert Gates confirmed that the mercenary firm Blackwater is operating with U.S. forces in Pakistan.
January 27, 2010 : Jeremy Scahill The mercenary firm is working with the U.S. military in Pakistan to plan targeted assassinations and drone attacks, among other counterterrorism operations.
November 30, 2009 : Saadia Toor The Pakistani military's offensive in Waziristan is taking place with the full support of the U.S. government--and from liberals in Pakistan itself.
October 27, 2009 : Snehal Shingavi The attack by 30,000 government troops on the Pakistani Taliban was demanded by the U.S. as a means to solve its crisis in Afghanistan.
October 20, 2009 : Jeremy Scahill Under the presidency of Barack Obama, the U.S. has already bombed Pakistan numerous times, using Predator drones.
June 25, 2009 : Saadia Toor More than 1 million people have fled the Swat region of Pakistan as the Pakistani military, under pressure from the U.S., carries out a scorched-earth assault.
May 22, 2009 : Snehal Shingavi A mass movement has defied repression to force the restoration of Pakistan's chief justice--and has shaken the rule of President Asif Ali Zardari.
March 17, 2009 : Snehal Shingavi Pakistan has been rocked by angry protests since the Supreme Court ruled that the country's main opposition political leader is ineligible to hold elected office.
March 5, 2009 U.S. forces based in Afghanistan have mounted a series of assaults inside Pakistan, marking an alarming escalation of the U.S. war.
October 1, 2008 : Farooq Tariq The widower of slain Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto aims to succeed ousted dictator Pervez Musharraf--and further a pro-U.S. agenda.
September 3, 2008 : Snehal Shingavi Cooperation with the U.S. "war on terror" made Pervez Musharraf deeply unpopular in Pakistan.
August 19, 2008 : David Barsamian It's important to talk about U.S. involvement in Pakistan, because that explains a lot about why the country is the way it is today.
May 13, 2008
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