A multi-bureau reporting effort to piece together the spectre of ISIS-K, whose claim of the Moscow attack last week was the latest in audacious assaults spanning a number of countries

How ISIS-K leader forged one of Islamic State's most fearsome groups reuters.com/world/leader-i…

Have been able to use X from my phone while out of Pakistan.
Had almost forgotten what it’s like since it has been effectively blocked since the general elections early last month😅

Pakistan's Bhutto, hanged 44 years ago, didn't get a fair trial, rules top court reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Overcast and dark in Islamabad.

And the weather is no good, either

The long and short of today can be summed up in one line from a Pakistani meme: “program toh warr gaya”

Tick-tock, Pakistan…
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Wondering what's happening in #Pakistan ? Here's a 🧵on some great reads by Reuters colleagues on today's elections:

'The country is at stake, why should I come late?' said 86-year-old Mumtaz, a housewife a decade older than Pakistan itself as she queued up in Islamabad.
Dressed in a lovely blue sari.
REUTERS/Gabrielle Fonseca Johnson
#PakistanElection #PakistanElection s2024

I suppose it is now only news if Pakistan’s ex PM Imran Khan is found not guilty in a case.

Three guilty verdicts in 6 days in three different cases - has to be some sort of record, surely

In the run up to next week’s election, the focus has been on political drama and security -
BUT, in the background, the caretaker government has raced to finalise hugely important moves

Ahead of election, Pakistan seals plan to sell national airline reuters.com/business/aeros…