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.
Twenty-two people have been arrested in the restive Swat District of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province following mob violence and the killing of a local tourist accused of blasphemy.
Pakistan's military said at least five soldiers in a troop convoy were killed by a roadside bomb in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province near the Afghan border, in an attack claimed by the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TPP), a longtime ally of the Taliban.
A Pakistani man who was visiting the country’s scenic Swat Valley as a tourist on June 20 was beaten to death and his body set on fire by an angry mob after he was accused of blasphemy.
On World Refugee Day, the plight of millions of displaced Afghans is illustrated by Abdul Raziq, a bricklayer at a kiln in Pakistan. Having fled his homeland decades ago, Raziq has done manual labor for years, but he still struggles to get by. But going back to Afghanistan would be worse, he said.
Reporters in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province protested on June 19 after a fellow journalist was shot and killed by unidentified armed men.
Hundreds of people gathered in Pakistan's Khyber tribal district on June 19 for the funeral of journalist Khalil Afridi, who was gunned down a day earlier in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
Four passengers were killed and two others wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in Pakistan’s northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on June 16.
In Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, there are persistent obstacles to equality for women and girls. For Huma Hashmat, a university student in Peshawar, greater autonomy starts with riding her motorbike, a non-traditional activity for women that's slowly gaining ground.
Six Pakistani security troops were killed in an explosion and exchange of gunfire with militants on June 9 at a security post near Sultan Khel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, an official said.
The Islamabad high court on June 3 overturned a treason conviction against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, although the Pakistani opposition leader remains imprisoned on other charges.
Four army soldiers were killed and three injured when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device planted in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
Thousands of people, mainly students, marched from Peshawar University in northwestern Pakistan to the city's U.S. Consulate to demand an end to Israeli strikes on Gaza. Demonstrators called for a cease-fire and for immediate aid to the Palestinian territory to ease an ongoing humanitarian crisis.
Seven Pakistani soldiers, including an army captain, were killed in separate clashes with the Pakistani Taliban on May 26-27, according to the military's media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Hospitals in the city of Karachi are preparing for an influx of patients suffering from heat stroke amid sweltering temperatures in Pakistan. For those braving the stifling heat wave, volunteers are pouring water on pedestrians as street vendors provide ice-cold beverages to help locals cool off.
Students continue to return to Pakistan following anti-foreigner mob violence in Bishkek on the night of May 17-18. Speaking with RFE/RL at the Allamam Iqbal Airport in Lahore, two returnees said they had run out of food after spending days locked inside their rooms in the Kyrgyz capital.
Parents of Pakistani students in Kyrgyzstan held a protest following attacks on foreign students in Kyrgyzstan, demanding the Kyrgyz government provide security for their children. The demonstration was held in Swat Valley on May 20.
Pakistan has repatriated some 180 of its citizens following mob violence in Bishkek on the night of May 17-18. Around 140 of the returnees are foreign students, a group that is believed to have been targeted during the attacks.
Pakistani students in the homeland have protested attacks on their compatriots in Kyrgyzstan. The rallies held on May 18 urged Pakistan to ensure safety for its students in the Central Asian country. Late on May 18, a special flight arrived in Lahore with Pakistani students from Bishkek.
Top officials from Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan have met after mob violence in Bishkek against foreign students injured at least 29 people, including several foreigners, and triggered diplomatic tensions with Pakistan and India.
An Afghan refugee in Bishkek says he fears for his safety after violent mobs attacked foreigners in the Kyrgyz capital. The assault was allegedly directed at international students and migrants. Victims have said Pakistani and Indian students were targeted.
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