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.
Pakistanis poured onto the streets to show their solidarity with the people of the disputed region of Indian-administered Kashmir.
A Pakistani court has rejected a request by the parents of a Pakistani social-media star allegedly murdered by her brothers to pardon them.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has extended the term of current army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa by three years.
Pakistan's government says Indian troops have fired across the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region, killing two civilians and wounding one.
At least four people were killed and six were wounded in a roadside bomb blast in the northwestern Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on August 18, officials say.
Pakistanis outraged by the killing of a 4-year-old boy set a local police station in the northwest of the country on fire on August 18 as scores of locals protested the police failure to protect residents and solve the crime.
Outraged by the killing of a 4-year-old boy, crowds of angry Pakistani villagers set a local police station in Lakki Marwat district on fire on August 18. Scores of locals protested the alleged police failure to protect residents and solve the crime. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
The brother of the leader of the Afghan Taliban is reported to have been among those killed in a bomb blast at a mosque in southwest Pakistan.
Thousands of people took part in a "Black Day" march in Islamabad, protesting against India's decision to revoke autonomy in Indian-administered Kashmir. A similar protest was also held in Swat, northwest Pakistan.
There were wild celebrations in Islamabad on August 13 ahead of Pakistan's 72nd Independence Day on August 13. This year's anniversary comes amid heightened tensions with India over the disputed region of Kashmir.
Worshipers gathered at the King Faisal Mosque in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, to celebrate Eid al-Adha, the Muslim Festival of Sacrifice.The overflow crowd prayed inside and outside the huge complex on August 12, joining millions around the world who began celebrations a day earlier.
Pakistani opposition leader Maryam Nawaz was arrested on August 8 by the country's anti-corruption National Accountability Bureau (NAB), officials and a spokeswoman for her party said.
The United States on August 7 called for calm and restraint as a dispute between India and Pakistan escalated over the disputed region of Kashmir.
India has deployed more troops and ordered thousands of visitors out of Indian-controlled Kashmir, while Pakistan’s leader has called on U.S. President Donald Trump to mediate the long-standing dispute over the Himalayan region.
A blast near a police car in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on July 30 has killed four people and wounded more than two dozen, officials said.
At least 17 people were killed when a small Pakistani military plane crashed into a residential area near the garrison city of Rawalpindi, the army says.
Up to 3,000 journalists have been laid off in Pakistan over the last year. With the country's traditional media industry in crisis, some unemployed journalists have started up their own digital outlets while others have left the business altogether.
Police in Pakistan say assailants opened fire on a police station in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province on July 21 and then blew up the entrance to a hospital as the wounded were being brought in.
Polls have closed in Pakistan's first-ever provincial elections in the northwestern tribal areas, a region along the Afghan border that was once controlled by Islamist militant groups.
Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency says it has arrested former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi amid graft allegations.
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