»And suddenly there were all these Rushdies.«

Interview with Salman Rushdie

A binge at Hira Mandi

A story of joie de vivre, terrorism and double standards in Pakistan - the land of the pure.

Paper jumble

Benazir Bhutto was seen as a beacon of hope in Pakistan until self-adhesive labels revealed the prime minister's greed.

Dodges of a clean couple

Switzerland-Pakistan: Did the banks know about Bhutto's racketeering?

Hasty legal assistance to Pakistan

Benazir Bhutto's frozen assets in Switzerland

Proven means of pressure

Censorship has been abolished - but telephone terror, beatings, burnt-out newsrooms, torture and murder are still part of everyday life for journalists in Pakistan.

Our oil in sacred pipelines

Afghanistan: The business of the Taliban and their financiers

Salvation for the pious of the West

In Pakistan, extremists from around the world mobilise for global revolution

Bribes in Pakistan's gearbox

Interview with the former President of Pakistan

The legacy is in the name

About Salman Rushdie's novel »The Moor’s Last Sigh«

Otherworldly from this world

Zurich: City council plans for Muslim cemetery spark anger

Islamabad asks to dance

Pakistan: Taliban support exacerbates tensions

»The Prophet's wife was a very cunning woman.«

According to the cliché, women in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan have nothing to say.

A stroke of destiny?

Pakistan's authorities and political institutions are among the most corrupt in the world

Switzerland is an accomplice

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto sees nothing but vile rumours from her opponents everywhere. Switzerland has also tormented her.

Open the door

They have fuelled the war in Afghanistan. But the US and Pakistan care little about the victims.

Swiss Miss

The Swiss authorities have been motivated by regional and domestic political compulsions rather than the supremacy of the rule of law in their effort to build a case against Benazir Bhutto. The situation has been made worse by blatant lies of the Pakistani government.

The scaremongers

Islam often gets a bad rap in the Swiss media. But is this solely due to Islam?

A former cricket star promises hope and revenge

General elections in Pakistan: Voters yearn for a fresh face, and the army stands ready in the background

Afghanistan still waiting for the new world order

The economic and geopolitical agendas of foreign powers intersect in the devastated transit country of the Hindu Kush

»Bibi« as she lives and laments

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been sentenced to five years in prison for corruption and nepotism. She sees herself as a martyr.

The pragmatic optimism of Benazir Bhutto

In her second term, Pakistan's prime minister has transformed herself from a liberal socialist into an autocratic hardliner

Army coup in Pakistan

SRF, evening news of 13 October 1999

Arundhati Roy: Assuming we still have a future

SRF, Sternstunde Philosophie of 21 November 1999

US military strike

SRF, 10 vor 10 of 21 August 1998

Reactions to nuclear tests in Pakistan

SRF, evening news of 28 May 1998

Death or exile: Klara Obermüller in conversation with Waseem Hussain

SRF, Sternstunde Religion of 04 May 1997

Bin Laden

SRF, evening news of 28 May 1998