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.
At least five members of Pakistan's paramilitary corps have been killed in two separate attacks in the restive province of Balochistan, officials said.
The commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of South Asia has held talks with Pakistani military leaders about the possibility of postponing the withdrawal of foreign forces from neighboring Afghanistan.
The transgender community in Karachi has found its own place of worship after being harassed or turned away from other churches in the Pakistani city. The First Church For Eunuchs -- a term used in Pakistan for transgender people -- was set up by Pastor Ghazala Shafique of the Church of Pakistan.
Members of Pakistan's Baluch minority held a sit-in protest in Islamabad on February 18, accusing the government of detaining their relatives illegally. The protesters say their loved ones have been taken by the Pakistani intelligence agencies.
A land dispute between two tribes in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal district has led to gunfire exchanges between gunmen positioned on hilltops, residents and officials told RFE/RL.
Pakistani security forces have locked down two areas of the northwestern South Waziristan tribal district as they conduct search operations for militants following two recent deadly attacks claimed by the Pakistani Taliban.
Hundreds of employees of Pakistan's Water and Power Development Authority have taken to the streets of Islamabad against the planned privatization of the country’s state-owned power distribution companies.
Multinational naval exercises kicked off under the banner Together For Peace on February 12 in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on the Arabian Sea. The Aman-2021 exercises are held in Pakistan every two years.
Pakistan's military said on February 12 that a group of militants had attacked a security post in the northwest of the country, killing four troops in the ensuing shootout along with four insurgents.
Dozens of disabled people in northwestern Pakistan rallied at a Pakistani border crossing with Afghanistan for a third straight day on February 11 to demand jobs, free health care, and education for their children.
Police in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, fired tear gas as thousands of government employees protested on February 10 near the Parliament House building to demand an increase in their monthly salaries.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has directed regional authorities in northwestern Pakistan to rebuild a century-old Hindu shrine that was destroyed in a mob attack in late December.
Dozens of students protested in the Pakistani capital Islamabad to demand that more students from Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Balochistan province, two of the country's most deprived regions, be admitted to medical colleges and universities across the country.
Pakistanis rallied in front of Parliament House in Islamabad to show support for people living in the Indian-administered part of the Kashmir region. Pakistan officially marks February 5 as Kashmir Solidarity Day.
Dozens of Pakistani tribesman gathered in Peshawar February 4 to demand the return of a monthly government allowance that they had received since their displacement from North Waziristan by an anti-Taliban government military operation in 2014.
The Pakistani military says troops have raided a militant compound in the northwestern North Waziristan tribal district, triggering a shoot-out that killed four "terrorists" and two soldiers.
In Pakistan's Swat district, archaeologists have uncovered what they consider to be important Buddhist structures that are up to 2,000 years old. They were found in an area that had been used for cattle grazing until recently.
Pakistan launched a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive on February 3. The country received 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine from China days earlier. Senior citizens aged over 65 and patients in Intensive Care Units will be vaccinated in the next phase.
Pakistani officials say a military plane loaded with half a million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine has landed in Pakistan, ahead of a planned national inoculation campaign.
The leader of the Pakistan-based militant group, Lashkar-e Islam, has been killed in a mine blast in neighboring Afghanistan, according to Afghan and Pakistani security sources.
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