Pakistan said it will lift most of the country's remaining coronavirus restrictions after seeing a gradual drop in new cases during the past month.
The Pakistani military said one of its soldiers was killed and two others wounded by cross-border shelling from Afghanistan.
An international human rights watchdog has urged Pakistani authorities to observe a recent ruling from the country's Supreme Court and stop using the country's anti-corruption agency as a tool to detain government critics.
Thousands of people rallied in Pakistan's major cities on August 5 to mark the date a year ago when neighboring India scrapped the special status of territory under its administration in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
Pakistan has unveiled a new political map of the country that includes Indian-controlled Kashmir.
The number of people dying of the coronavirus in Pakistan has fallen to a single-digit figure for the first time in three months, officials said on August 2, calling the drop a hard-earned success thanks to strict social-distancing measures.
Cross-border shelling by Pakistan killed at least 15 civilians in Afghanistan on July 31, prompting Kabul to put its ground and air forces on alert.
The United States has demanded action over the killing of a U.S. citizen in a Pakistani court this week as he faced blasphemy charges.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for an independent investigation into the death of a newspaper reporter who covered local corruption in Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan.
Two special assistants to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan have resigned from their posts amid criticism of the government over its handling of the coronavirus crisis and revelations about the dual citizenship of cabinet members.
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