Tanker carrying LNG throws energy lifeline to Islamabad

   The conflict is now in its 10th week with little prospect of a rapid end

   Attacks that killed four people and injured dozens were first since peace talks in China this month

   Tensions between Abu Dhabi and Islamabad have burst into the open

   Pakistan’s fatigue-wearing strongman Asim Munir takes unorthodox approach to mediating between two arch-enemies

   As global economic uncertainty mounts, stockpiling is back

   First face-to-face contact since December comes after tensions erupted into open conflict

   Claim that 20 Pakistan-flagged ships will exit Strait of Hormuz questioned as country only has 13 big ocean-going vessels

   Islamabad seeks to capitalise on warming ties with both Trump and Tehran but has much to lose if efforts fail

   Development of 9bn copper and gold project pushed back as Middle East war adds to worsening local security situation

   Military strongman Asim Munir uses Tehran ties and warm relationship with US president to boost mediation effort

   Tuning in to watch the country’s once-vaunted national team lose has become a mandatory, if masochistic, ritual

   However difficult it may be, the world needs to re-engage with the troubled region

   Eid ceasefire eases fears of immediate escalation after deadly air strike that Taliban blamed on Islamabad

   The Pakistani-American artist earned accolades for her boundary-pushing reinvention of miniature painting then rightwing protesters came for her art

   Taliban blames Islamabad for attack that threatens to escalate neighbours’ conflict

   Growing number of fertiliser plants forced to shut, threatening rice and other harvests

   The novelist spares no one in a sharp account of a town in Pakistan wracked by political change in the 1970s

   Foreign minister highlights Islamabad’s defence agreement with Riyadh

   As violence spreads from border regions to cities, Islamabad is running out of patience

   The star behind the hit Pasoori’ on self-expression in Pakistan, the country’s relations with India and the Muslim cosmopolitanism’ of his friend...

   Hundreds reported dead in worst fighting between neighbours for months

   Carpets of marigolds light up the Punjab capital as the kite festival returns, heralding the start of spring

   Iran and Pakistan have deported nearly 3mn Afghans over the past year

   Banned in 2007 following a spate of accidents, the city’s Basant kite festival resumed this month amid stricter safety measures and much excitement