The failure to ensure the freedom of expression has emerged as the greatest pitfall of Pakistan's current democratic system. The civilian government is too fragile to prevent the army and the intelligence agencies from banning newspaper sites.

Despite all criticism, the future of a democratic Pakistan largely hinges on the media. While in some countries free press has emerged from a democratic system, in Pakistan, on the contrary, democracy emerged in 2008 out of a free media.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — In a rare victory for Pakistani liberals, a private TV station decided to fire a popular morning show host after she sparked outrag...

ISLAMABAD — Men wearing police uniforms beat a Pakistani journalist working for the British Guardian newspaper, five days after he published an ...

KARACHI, Pakistan — Pakistan's main intelligence agency issued a rare media statement Wednesday to deny it was behind the abduction and killing ...