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 four people have been killed in a grenade attack on an Ashura mourning procession of Shi'ite Muslims in eastern Pakistan.
Hundreds of Shi'ite Muslims joined processions in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, to commemorate the eve of the holiday of Ashura. Participants rhythmically beat their chests and recited poems on August 18 to mark the martyrdom of Hussain, a grandson of the prophet Muhammad.
Dozens of Pakistani religious minority activists rallied in Islamabad on August 11 against the forced conversion of girls, often as a precursor to marriage. Protestors held banners and chanted slogans seeking government action to stop such conversions to Pakistan's official religion, Islam.
Dozens of Pakistani religious minority activists rallied in Islamabad on August 11 against the forced conversion of girls, often as a precursor to marriage.
Pakistan's opposition has decried the nomination of a candidate with links to a militant Pakistani Islamist group to the legislative assembly in Pakistan-administered Kashmir with the support of the ruling Pakistan Tehrik-e Insaf (PTI) party.
There were long lines at a COVID-19 vaccination center in Karachi in Pakistan's Sindh Province as residents rushed to get their shots on August 1 and 2. Demand for COVID-19 vaccines soared after provincial officials imposed strict new measures to push residents to get the shots.
Militants in Pakistan targeted police officers providing security for polio vaccination teams in two separate attacks on August 1, killing one and wounding another officer in the volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, authorities said.
Pakistan’s foreign minister has blamed “enemies of Pakistan” for targeting workers at major Chinese-funded infrastructure projects after two attacks in which Chinese workers were killed or injured.
Pakistani authorities began unloading oil containers from a stranded cargo ship outside Karachi on July 30. The ship, the MV Heng Tong, was beached after losing its anchors in rough weather on July 21. It was en route from Shanghai to Istanbul.
A policeman was killed in a bomb attack on his vehicle in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, on July 30, the police said. A police statement said a hand grenade was thrown at the vehicle at a market known for smuggled imported goods. Nobody claimed responsibility for the attack.
Unidentified attackers threw a hand grenade at a police van in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, killing a police officer and wounding two other officers and a bystander before fleeing the scene, police said. No one immediately claimed the attack.
Another attack on Chinese personnel in Pakistan has Beijing reconsidering its options to protect its people and interests along the Belt and Road Initiative.
Gunmen on a motorbike opened fire on a car in Karachi, Pakistan, wounding two Chinese nationals and their local driver. After initially stating one of the Chinese men worked at the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant, police later issued a report claiming the victims were "factory workers."
Gunmen on a motorbike opened fire on a car carrying two Chinese factory workers in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on July 28, wounding them before fleeing the scene.
Pakistan’s foreign minister and intelligence chief arrived in China for a two-day visit following a rare diplomatic clash between the two allies over the cause of a recent bus explosion that killed several Chinese workers in the South Asian nation.
Traders near the so-called Durand Line that separates Afghanistan and Pakistan are severely impacted by escalating fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces. But there also are many other major obstacles to a full resumption of cross-border traffic.
Top government officials and many others offered Eid Al-Adha prayers at the King Faisal Mosque in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. The July 21 ceremony was followed by the ritual slaughtering of animals, an important component of the Eid festival.
Pakistani authorities say they have blocked access to TikTok over content deemed as indecent, the latest move by the authorities in the conservative Muslim country against the Chinese-owned video app.
Several people were killed when a blast blew up a bus carrying Chinese workers of a hydropower project in northern Pakistan near the border with China on July 14, multiple reports said.
Traders at Pakistan's largest cattle market, located in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, were getting ready for the Muslim festival of Eid amid complaints over sharply rising livestock prices. Potential buyers bemoaned what they saw as the price-inflating effects of the coronavirus crisis.
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