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.
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.
Pakistani officials say a terrorism court judge and three of his family members have been shot dead in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Hundreds of nurses protested in northwestern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province to demand improvements in their working conditions. Nurses from across the province gathered in Peshawar on March 30 to demand paid vacations, pension benefits, and opportunities for career progression.
Pakistani President Arif Alvi on March 29 said that he has tested positive for COVID-19 despite having been inoculated with a first dose of vaccine.
Thousands protesting the killing of four teenage boys in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province have ended their demonstration in the city of Bannu following overnight talks with government officials which concluded early on March 29.
Thousands of people protesting the killing of four teenage boys in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province have ended their demonstration following overnight talks with government officials.
Police in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province have halted thousands of protesters attempting to reach Islamabad to press their demands over the killing of four teenage boys in their region near the border with Afghanistan.
Authorities have closed a key road outside a major population center in northwestern Pakistan after residents threatened to take their protest over the violent deaths of four teens to Islamabad.
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