Police in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province have halted thousands of protesters attempting to reach Islamabad to press their demands over the killing of four teenage boys in their region near the border with Afghanistan.
Authorities have closed a key road outside a major population center in northwestern Pakistan after residents threatened to take their protest over the violent deaths of four teens to Islamabad.
Pakistani officials have tried to tackle the problem of excessive dowries involved in marriages, but the centuries-old tradition persists.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $500 million tranche to Pakistan after the lender's Executive Board completed a review of Islamabad's $6 billion loan program.
Pakistani authorities say they will keep educational institutions closed for two more weeks in the capital and other areas where coronavirus infection rates are “higher.”
Political parties in Pakistan are facing tough questions and some soul searching following the collapse of an opposition alliance that began with tall promises to rid the country's politics of the powerful military's influence.
Pakistan’s decision to allow private imports of COVID-19 vaccines for sale on the open market has triggered concerns that the move could cause inequality and open the door to corruption.
Pakistani officials say three people have been killed and at least 13 others injured in a bomb blast near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
A court in Pakistan has sentenced two men to death for the gang rape of a woman last year on the side of a highway in the eastern city of Lahore, an attack that triggered nationwide protests and calls for tougher laws.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for COVID-19, the country's health minister said on March 20, two days after he received a vaccination, although the Health Ministry and other officials noted he had not been fully vaccinated.
A spike in COVID infections in Pakistan has prompted authorities to reimpose restrictions just weeks after relaxing them. But traders and school owners have vowed to resist the new shutdowns, which they say target them unfairly.
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