Civil rights activists marched in the northwestern Pakistani city of Bannu to protest the mob killing of a university student accused of blasphemy. Mashal Khan was beaten to death at a university in the northern city of Mardan on April 13 after an argument at a dormitory. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
Court officials say eight Pakistanis who brutally murdered a fellow university student over his views were charged with murder and terrorism on April 15.
A new taxi service catering exclusively to women has been launched in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Pink Taxi or Paxi has only female drivers and offers women passengers secure travel in a city where they often face sexual harassment on public transport. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
Pakistanis and visitors have been attending a 10-day celebration of the country's diverse cultures in the capital, Islamabad. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
Amnesty International says the total number of judicial executions worldwide dropped in 2016 from a historical high the previous year, largely due to decreases in Iran and Pakistan -- two of the world’s top executioners.
Since 2015, nearly 170,000 Afghans have filed asylum applications in European Union countries. They comprise the second-largest group of asylum seekers after Syrians.
Hundreds of underage girls selling pens, calendars, plastic bags, tissues, books, magazines, and chewing gum to passing cars. While afflicted by poverty and misfortune, they have to put up with constant harassment.
Norouz, the traditional Persian new year's celebration, heralds the arrival of spring throughout Central Asia, the Caucasus, and parts of the Middle East.
A schoolteacher in Uzbekistan has been dismissed after a video that appears to show her threatening and striking pupils was posted on the Internet, an education official says.
Mumtaz Qadri killed the governor of Punjab province who favored liberalizing Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy law in 2011.
Pakistan is cracking down on "blasphemous" content on social media, with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif urging swift punishment for those involved in "a nefarious conspiracy" against the country's Muslim majority.
A group of Afghan women who were held captive by Islamic State in eastern Afghanistan finally broke their silence and spoke about IS torture and mistreatment. They said the terror group kept them in confined quarters for days at a time.
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