Police in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, fired tear gas as thousands of government employees protested on February 10 near the Parliament House building to demand an increase in their monthly salaries.
Pakistan’s top court has commuted the death sentences of two mentally ill prisoners who have spent decades on death row in a landmark judgment hailed by human rights activists.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has directed regional authorities in northwestern Pakistan to rebuild a century-old Hindu shrine that was destroyed in a mob attack in late December.
Dozens of students protested in the Pakistani capital Islamabad to demand that more students from Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Balochistan province, two of the country's most deprived regions, be admitted to medical colleges and universities across the country.
Students at two public universities in northwestern Pakistan are speaking out against conservative dress codes that ban women from wearing jeans, tights, and makeup while requiring men not to wear earrings, torn jeans, or shorts.
Dozens of Pakistani journalists staged a protest in the capital, Islamabad, on February 8 to demand the reopening of a private television channel taken off air by the country's media regulator last month.
A local assembly in Pakistan’s remote Bajaur tribal district has banned women from visiting child-welfare centers that provide regular cash allowances for mothers from impoverished backgrounds.
Pakistani officials say they have arrested two men on suspicion of links to an international child pornography ring, following a tip from Interpol.
Pakistanis rallied in front of Parliament House in Islamabad to show support for people living in the Indian-administered part of the Kashmir region. Pakistan officially marks February 5 as Kashmir Solidarity Day.
Pakistan has nearly fenced off the entire length of its disputed 2,670-kilometer border with Afghanistan, purportedly to stop militants from crossing the porous frontier. But observers say the greatest impact will be felt by Pashtun communities straddling the border.
Dozens of Pakistani tribesman gathered in Peshawar February 4 to demand the return of a monthly government allowance that they had received since their displacement from North Waziristan by an anti-Taliban government military operation in 2014.
The Pakistani military says troops have raided a militant compound in the northwestern North Waziristan tribal district, triggering a shoot-out that killed four "terrorists" and two soldiers.
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