43-year-old photographer, Maria Waseem, attributes her passion for documenting Pakistan’s heritage through photography as a “gift” from her mother. While growing up in Mangla, Azad Kashmir, Waseem ...

In 2007, a Pakistani schoolteacher was arrested and put on trial by the Taliban on charges of preserving the “symbols of infidelity.” It was a sheer stroke of luck that the Taliban’s ruthless justice ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Pakistan’s government this week organized a “Gandhara Symposium” in an effort to create an environment that welcomes Buddhist tourists, boosts tourism and diversifies Pakistan’s identity. Buddhist ...

Click an image to enlarge. Buddhism may not come to mind these days when people think of Pakistani culture, but that religion’s practice and philosophy was prevalent in the kingdom of Gandhara, which ...

Amid ‘open war’ between Pakistan and Afghanistan over the militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, the 2015 documentary ‘Taliban Hunters’ offers relevant history on the group and the fight against ...