Photo Essays

In Pakistan, Christians Come Under Attack Again
A Christian community in the Pakistani city of Lahore came under attack by an angry Muslim mob over the weekend, following an alleged blasphemy incident. Houses...

LIFE Behind the Picture: Gandhi and his Spinning Wheel, 1946
Very few public leaders of the 20th century were — and remain today — as instantly recognizable to quite literally billions of people around the globe as...

Pakistan Beneath the Surface
The nation of 170 million is torn by many religious outlooks, class divisions and ethnic rivalries. Photographs by Alixandra Fazzina for TIME

Pakistan's Waiting Place
While Pakistan grapples with how to pick itself up from its catastrophic flooding, refugees at a camp in the town of Thatta await their fate Photographs by...

Pakistan Reels from a Powerful Earthquake
Two days after a powerful 6.4 quake kills over 200 in southwest Pakistan, tens of thousands remain in need of aid and the search for survivors continues

Pakistan's Vulnerable North-West Passage
Armed militant groups push into Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province and its principal city, Peshawar, threatening the stability of a key transit point in the...

A Pakistan Police Academy Under Fire
Armed gunmen attacked a police academy early Monday in Lahore, killing 13 and taking dozens of police hostage in another brazen example of militant violence in...

Massive Flooding Kills at Least 200 in Pakistan
Monsoon rains have battered Pakistan in recent weeks, killing more than 200 people and leaving another 200,000 homeless

Fashion Week in Pakistan
After repeated delays due to security concerns, models walk the runway in Pakistan Photographs for TIME by Kate Brooks / Polaris

The Aftermath of the Floods in Pakistan
Photographer Massimo Berruti documents the aftermath of the worst flooding to strike Pakistan in 80 years Photographs by Massimo Berruti / Agence Vu for TIME...

Bangladesh and Pakistan: The Forgotten War
Almost forty years ago, Bangladesh won its independence from Pakistan in a bloody, scarring war — one whose ghosts still haunt the troubled nation. A look at the...

LIFE With 11 First Ladies
For a country that likes to think of itself as a land of opportunity and a place where equality reigns, America has long lagged behind an astonishing (one could...

NATO Trucks Attacked in Pakistan
Gunmen destroy a supply of fuel bound for coalition forces in Afghanistan

Northwestern Pakistan Is Ravaged by Flooding
More than 1,000 people are killed in a region known for battles with Islamic militants

The Pakistan Floods — Six Months On
The long-term challenge is to help the Pakistani people rebuild their lives with focus shifting to infrastructure, agriculture and basic living...

The Taliban's War in Pakistan
In 2011, militants have staged a series of violent attacks across the country

Pakistan Votes
On February 18, after months of political turmoil, countless bomb attacks and a high profile assassination, Pakistanis go to the polls


Pakistan's Wild West
photographs for TIMEby Alexandra Boulat

Osama bin Laden's Pakistan Hideaway
Scenes of the house where the terrorist leader was tracked down and killed


