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.
Unidentified assailants shot dead two police officers patrolling a residential area in Islamabad, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and police said June 4.
Pakistan and Tajikistan have signed several accords to boost ties between the two nations, including defense and armements.
The Pakistani military says suspected militants in separate attacks raided a security post and targeted a vehicle carrying troops, resulting in the deaths of at least four soldiers and four militants.
Hamid Mir, Pakistan's most prominent TV presenter, says he has been banned from his primetime nightly talk show after he made an emotional speech critical of the military.
Thousands of university employees from across Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province staged a protest to demand an increase in the annual budget for their institutions. At the May 27 rally in the provincial capital, Peshawar, protesters also claimed that a proposed increase in tuition f
Dozens of journalists staged a protest in Pakistan's capital city, Islamabad, on May 26 against an attack on blogger Asad Ali Toor by unidentified armed men the previous night.
A Pakistani journalist known for his criticism of the country's powerful military and intelligence agencies has been beaten by unidentified attackers in his Islamabad apartment, the journalist and colleagues say.
Thousands took part in protests across Pakistan to express solidarity with Palestinians amid the Israeli-Hamas conflict in Gaza. People rallied in Peshawar, and in Islamabad, lawmakers gathered outside parliament while locals chanted slogans of support for the people of Palestine and Kashmir.
At least six people were killed and several others were wounded on May 21 when a powerful roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying a local leader of an Islamist political party in Pakistan.
In a remote mountain region of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the Kalash people, followers of a pre-Islamic religion, mark death as few on the planet do. With dance, drums, and gunfire, the colorful funeral ritual is an elaborate and expensive celebration of a loved one's life.
Many muslims gathered on May 13 in Islamabad's Faisal Mosque to attend prayers on the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, despite coronavirus restrictions urging people to stay at home or to keep at a safe physical distance while offering the congregational prayers.
Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has barred opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif from leaving the country for medical treatment abroad.
Hundreds of businessmen in northwestern Pakistan gathered in Peshawar's historical Qissa Khani bazaar on May 7 to announce that they will not close their shops as instructed by the government in its efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is due on May 7 to start a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, a traditional ally but with whom relations have been strained recently.
Pakistan has suspended its ambassador to Saudi Arabia following complaints by Pakistani laborers working in the kingdom.
Police in Pakistan’s northwestern South Waziristan tribal district say a murder case has been lodged against four security personnel accused of being involved in the killing of two youngsters that triggered three days of protests earlier this week.
A Pakistani watchdog says a “dramatic escalation” in the intimidation and harassment of the media in the South Asian country over the past year is “squeezing the space” of freedom of expression and limiting access to information.
Residents in Pakistan’s northwestern South Waziristan tribal district have ended their protest after three days following overnight talks with local administration and security officials.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has discussed with Pakistan’s army chief the regional security situation and the planned withdrawal of all foreign troops from Afghanistan later this year.
Pakistani officials say a blast has hit a police van in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan, killing an officer and wounding three other people.
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