In the shadow of Pakistan's Taliban war
Pakistan's Kohistan district fears the conflict between the Taliban and the miitary in neighbouring Swat could soon spill over, the BBC's M Ilyas Khan discovers.

Peshawar tense in bombs aftermath
Authorities in the Pakistani city of Peshawar ban public gatherings a day after at least 10 people die in two separate attacks.

Huge blast rocks Pakistani city
Rescuers hunt through the rubble of a Lahore police building after an attack by gunmen and a bomber kills at least 23 people.

Pakistan's 'displaced deluge'
The struggle of aid agencies to cope with hundreds of thousands of people fleeing fighting in the north-west.

Red Mosque cleric's message
The BBC's M Ilyas Khan hears the defiant sermon of Maulana Abdul Aziz at Islamabad's Red Mosque, his first since he was freed from detention over the 2007 siege.

Balochistan's worsening situation
Ahmed Rashid on the worsening situation in Balochistan.

Can Sufi Islam counter the Taleban?
The BBC's Barbara Plett in Lahore asks whether Sufi Islam could help offset the spread of the Taleban's more hardline Muslim beliefs.

Plight of the displaced
A visit to Pakistan's camp for internally displaced

Sunni-Shia divide
Changing nature of Pakistan's Sunni-Shia divide

Why raid Lahore?
The reasons for the attack on a police academy

Mapping the militant nexus
The relations between militants on either side of the Afghan-Pakistan border.

Q&A: Pakistan's political instability
The BBC News website assesses the background to recent tensions between Pakistan's two largest parties.

Q&A: Kashmir dispute
BBC News Online looks at the key issues of the Kashmir dispute.

Musharraf's mixed legacy
How President Musharraf's rule will be remembered

Timeline: Pakistan's political rivals
A look back at the rivalries between President Musharraf, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif.

Influential military
The military has seen itself as Pakistan's only truly national institution ever since independence, says the BBC's Mahmud Ali.

Meeting feared militant
BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan describes the journey to meet Baitullah Mehsud, head of Pakistan's Taleban.

Dir confusion
Pakistan army's battle against Taleban militants

Growing threat
Pakistan in disarray on the Taleban, says Ahmed Rashid

Shaky Sharia law
The Pakistani president's signature on a law introducing Sharia law in Swat will not solve all the problems, writes the BBC's M Ilyas Khan.

Taleban's Sharia challenge
The Taleban in Pakistan's troubled Swat region find the Sharia law they demanded does not always work in their favour, reports the BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan.

Shifting strategies on border
The BBC's Barbara Plett assesses the complex US-Pakistan manoeuvring on the Afghan border.

Benazir, the steely and vulnerable
BBC's Lyse Doucet remembers Benazir Bhutto, the formidable politician she first met nearly 20 years ago.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Bilawal Bhutto inherits a bloody legacy as he accepts the leadership of his assassinated mother's political party.

Baitullah Mehsud: Bhutto's killer?
The Pakistani militant responsible for the growth of the Taliban in his country and accused of various high profile attacks including the assassination of former PM Benazir Bhutto.

'Cursed' political dynasty
The Bhuttos are one of the world's most famous and tragic political families with a history of violent deaths.

Q&A: Bhutto assassination
BBC News answers key questions after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

On the march
Army senses victory against Taliban in Swat

Refugee fears
Cynicism among the displaced in north-west Pakistan

Turning tide
Fear of Pakistan's Taliban changes to defiant opposition