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.
Hundreds of people have protested in Pakistan’s northwestern South Waziristan tribal district for a second consecutive day to demand the arrest of security personnel they accuse of recently killing two teenage residents.
Journalists in the restive southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan are demanding justice and accountability two days after unidentified gunmen shot dead a reporter in the provincial capital.
Pakistani journalists protested in the southwestern city of Quetta two days after gunmen shot dead local reporter Abdul Wahid Raesani. At the April 26 demonstration, the Balochistan Union of Journalists demanded justice and called on the government to ensure reporters' safety.
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a journalist in the restive province of Balochistan, southwest Pakistan, police said.
At least five people were killed and more than 12 injured by a bomb blast at a hotel in Quetta, Pakistan. The Chinese ambassador, Nong Rong, had been staying at the hotel but was not present when the blast occurred. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
Pakistani officials say a bomb went off in the parking area of a luxury hotel in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing at least five people and wounding 12 others.
Pakistani and international groups have condemned an attack on Pakistani journalist Absar Alam, who was shot by unknown assailants outside his home in Islamabad on April 20, and demanded that the perpetrators be punished.
Prominent Pakistani journalist Absar Alam says he has been wounded in a gun attack in front of his house in Islamabad, triggering condemnations from officials, journalists, and politicians.
Pakistani authorities used shipping containers to block main roads in and out of Islamabad, as protests continued following the anniversary of a French magazine's publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
Pakistan's interior minister says the government will seek a vote in parliament to expel the French ambassador after violent anti-France protests by Islamists.
Pakistani authorities have temporarily blocked multiple social media and instant messaging platforms following days of violent protests by followers of a radical Islamist party.
A group of people in Pakistan's South Waziristan district have resorted to living in caves. Some were displaced by military operations and violence, others were driven to them by poverty. They say they can at least live in peace in the caves, despite the harsh conditions.
In Rawalpindi, activists loyal to the religious Tehrik-e Labaik (TLP) party blocked the main road leading to the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. The TLP is demanding that the Pakistani government expel the French ambassador in response to the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in 2020.
A Pakistani court has granted bail to the father of exiled human rights activist Gulalai Ismail, more than two months after he was arrested for supporting a movement that campaigns for the rights of ethnic Pashtuns, his daughter and his lawyer said on April 12.
Mohammad Khan's family fled Pakistan's Waziristan region during anti-Taliban military operations and endured the hardships of life as displaced people. Determined to help other struggling families, Khan founded his own school in a poor neighborhood for kids with no other access to education.
Prominent Pakistani human rights defender and columnist I.A. Rehman has died at the age of 90, prompting an outpouring of grief and a wave of tributes to "a true icon."
Pakistani authorities have discovered the remains of 16 coal miners missing since 2011 in a tribal area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, which was once a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban militants.
Hundreds of teachers, students and owners of private schools converged on Islamabad from various Pakistani cities to urge the federal government to reopen their institutions. Schools were closed earlier in the week following an increase in the number of coronavirus cases in the country.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Pakistan on April 6 for a two-day trip expected to focus on efforts to bring peace to neighboring Afghanistan.
Hundreds of teachers and private-school owners protested in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, against ongoing school closures. The April 5 protest comes as the government considers whether to further extend current closures as coronavirus deaths continue to rise.
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