(New York) – Pakistani authorities should quash the unjust conviction of Junaid Hafeez, who was sentenced to death in 2013 under Pakistan’s draconian blasphemy laws, Human Rights Watch said today.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pakistani forces killed 145 militants in counter-terrorism operations, after coordinated attacks on Saturday left ...

The most worrisome flash point in South Asia today lies not between the nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan but to the west, along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. A simmering conflict ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — In the sprawling fruit market in this northwestern Pakistani city, Imran has spent the past several months waiting for shipments that aren’t arriving. The crates of Afghan walnuts ...

In a bid to cling to power, the Pakistani government is increasingly weaponizing the judiciary to stifle dissent both at home and abroad. The new year opened in Pakistan with a court trying and ...

A young population, bold reforms, and a wave of private-sector innovation are reshaping Pakistan’s investment landscape as the country moves into 2026. Pakistan stands at a defining inflection point.

Jige Mughalgai, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's Taliban government vowed Tuesday to "respond appropriately" to overnight border strikes it blamed on Pakistan that killed 10 people, as tension between the ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani security forces raided two Pakistani Taliban hideouts in the country’s northwest near the Afghan border, triggering intense shootouts that left 23 militants dead, the military ...

A constitutional amendment in the nuclear-armed country extends the chief’s power over all the military and brings Pakistan’s highest court under tighter political control. By Elian Peltier Reporting ...

Pakistan's defense minister on Wednesday threatened to "obliterate" the Taliban, which controls neighboring Afghanistan, after negotiations toward lasting peace between the two sides failed. Peace ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan banned a hard-line Islamist party on Thursday, more than a week after heated clashes with police that left at least five people dead. The ban follows a march by the party, Tehreek ...

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