The recent deaths of several women in northwestern Pakistan have put the spotlight on so-called honor killings in the South Asian country. Human rights groups say hundreds of girls and women are killed every year, often by relatives who say they are defending the family’s honor.
Many members of the once-vibrant Sikh religious minority in Pakistan's northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have left the mountainous region bordering Afghanistan in recent years. The exodus comes after deadly militant attacks and growing religious intolerance.
The leader of a major opposition alliance in Pakistan says the administration of Prime Minister Imran Khan has lost the right to rule after a split in his ruling Pakistan Tehrik-e Insaf (PTI) political party.
Mushahid Hussain heads the Defense Committee of the Pakistani Senate and is chairman of the Pakistan China Institute, an Islamabad-based nongovernmental organization.
Opposition from within Pakistan and economic interests are likely to prevent China from basing its People’s Liberation Army in the country.
Defying threats by the Taliban and protests by anti-vaccine parents, Pakistani authorities are taking the gloves off in the fight to eradicate polio.
Families in a restive Pakistani city are skeptical of a government move to ask teachers to carry guns after a Taliban massacre of schoolchildren last month.
