Radio Mashaal is a public-service broadcaster providing a powerful alternative to extremist propaganda in Pakistan's remote tribal regions along the border with Afghanistan.
Pakistan continued to be hit by torrential rains with more than 20 people dying on August 20 in fresh flooding that has crippled several parts of the country over the last weeks.
Recovery crews looked for bodies and dug through debris in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province after deadly floods killed more than 350 people in the region. RFE/RL spoke to people in villages hit by flash flooding and landslides that were triggered by heavy monsoon rains.
More than 340 people have been killed in northwestern Pakistan, where thousands of rescuers struggled through rain and mud following deadly landslides and flooding that buried villages.
Scores of people have been killed in Pakistan after torrential rain caused flash floods that destroyed dozens of houses and left roads covered in water and debris as emergency responders struggled to deliver aid and carry out evacuations.
At least 11 suspects have been arrested in connection with the brutal killing of a Pakistani couple in a remote mountainous area of Balochistan.
At least 13 soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a military convoy in northwestern Pakistan.
Dr. Shazia Khpalwak visits remote areas of Pakistan's Balochistan Province to provide care for mothers and newborns. Her work touches many lives, but factors like water shortages and poor nutrition create widespread health risks beyond one doctor’s reach.
Dr. Shazia Khpalwak says her patients in rural Balochistan lack clean drinking water, have poor nutrition, and don't have access to vaccines. Khpalwak works to improve lives by getting medication and advice to struggling mothers.
A Pakistani police officer was killed when gunmen opened fire on a delegation of health workers carrying out a polio vaccination drive in the volatile Balochistan province.
At least five people, including three children, were killed and 35 others injured when an explosion occurred near a school bus in Balochistan Province, a vast mineral-rich province in southwestern Pakistan that has been the scene of a simmering separatist insurgency for nearly a quarter-century.
Explosions rocked the border areas of India and Pakistan on the morning of May 10, but a cease-fire was announced hours later. The last attacks came after Pakistan accused India of launching missile strikes on three Pakistani air bases.
Protesters took to the streets of the Pakistani city of Peshawar on May 7 after India launched overnight strikes on Pakistan in retaliation for attacks on Hindu tourists in Kashmir two weeks ago.
The Pakistani military reported that it had test fired a ballistic missile on May 3, as the country squares off with India following a deadly militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Pakistani Minister for Law and Justice Aqeel Malik said that Islamabad is working on plans for at least three different legal options, including raising the issue at the World Bank, who is the facilitator for the six-decade old Indus Waters Treaty.
Pakistani security forces said they killed dozens of militants attempting to cross into the South Asian nation from Afghanistan, even as its troops separately continued to exchange gunfire with the India military in Kashmir amid skyrocketing tensions in the region
Pakistani and Indian troops exchanged fire across the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir, officials said on April 25 as tensions between the two neighbors continued to increase following the killing of 26 mostly Indian tourists.
Tensions between India and Pakistan are threatening to boil over as they trade diplomatic and economic measures following a deadly attack in the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir that has raised fears of another military escalation between the nuclear-armed countries.
After fleeing Taliban persecution in Afghanistan, many musicians found refuge in neighboring Pakistan. But now, amid a renewed deportation campaign by Islamabad, their future is once again uncertain -- and the survival of Afghan musical traditions hangs in the balance.
Afghan musicians were persecuted after the Taliban gained control of their country in 2021 and many fled to Pakistan. Those who remain there have found ways to continue their profession but now that Pakistan has launched a new campaign to deport Afghans, they are worried about their future.
Pakistan has called on Iran to take swift action following the killing of eight Pakistani nationals in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan.
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