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.
Eight Pakistani soldiers have been injured in a suicide attack in northwestern Pakistan, officials told RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal.
The World Bank has pledged to provide about $2 billion in aid for Pakistan as the country tries to recover from record rainfall and deadly flooding.
Angelina Jolie, the U.S. actress and UN special envoy for refugees, arrived in Pakistan's Sindh Province on September 20 to visit areas devastated by some of the worst flooding in the country's recent history.
A roadside bomb has killed the former head of a pro-government militia and seven others in northwestern Pakistan, officials said September 14, in an attack claimed by the outlawed Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan militant group, otherwise known as the Pakistani Taliban.
A Pakistani court has extended the pre-arrest bail of former Prime Minister Imran Khan for eight days as he awaits indictment on terrorism charges over comments he made about law enforcement and court officials.
Authorities in the Kalat district of Pakistan's Balochistan Province arrested two protesters after vehicles carrying imported tomatoes from Iran were stopped and looted.
Four policemen have been killed and two injured in northwestern Pakistan after they were fired upon as they escorted a local official on his way to visit flood-stricken areas.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to aid Pakistan as it deals with massive floods that have killed more than 1,300 people and left around one-third of the country under water.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has told a visiting U.S. diplomat in Islamabad that the world must intensify its fight against climate change as the country grapples with an environmental and humanitarian crisis amid record flooding.
Pakistan's Natural Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) says that 1,325 people have been killed in massive floods as the United Nations warned that the humanitarian situation across the country -- one-third of which is under water -- is worsening.
Five Pakistani soldiers and four suspected militants were killed on September 5 in a clash in Pakistan's North Waziristan, a military statement said.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has traveled to southern Pakistan to view the destruction caused by unusually heavy monsoon rains.
The U.S. military said it was preparing to join international relief efforts in flood-ravaged Pakistan as the death toll from the disaster surged past 1,200 and the country braced for yet more flooding.
The United Nations has issued a flash appeal for $160 million in emergency funding to help Pakistan cope with catastrophic floods that have killed more than 1,100 people and destroyed infrastructure and crops.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the revival of a massive loan program for Pakistan as the country struggles to deal with a longstanding economic crisis made only worse by devastating monsoon flooding in recent weeks.
International aid has begun to reach Pakistan amid widespread flooding triggered by “monster monsoons” that have already left more than 1,000 dead.
The Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have shown no signs of moderation since taking over the country a year ago and the situation for people in the country remains “dire,” the EU’s top diplomat said in an analysis on the European Commission website.
People on foot, bicycles, and in vehicles tried to reach the other side of the Kabul River in Pakistan's Charsadda district on August 26 as its roaring waters came dangerously close to the top of a bridge due to heavy rain.
Eighteen-year-old student Alishah cuts an unusual figure on the streets of Karachi in southern Pakistan, taking fares in her auto rickshaw. Her father taught her to drive before his death six months ago. Since then, she has taken on his role, supporting her family while continuing her studies.
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