Majeed Babar is a Prague-based correspondent for RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal.
A raid by the Pakistani Taliban into the remote northwestern district of Chitral surprised many. Experts see the incursion as a Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) effort to control territory to further boost its expanding insurgency in Pakistan.
Nestled in the mountains of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the poverty-stricken village of Bandli is a center of militancy and disenchantment that fuels dreams of escape.
After seeing their livelihoods and homes washed away by torrential monsoons and epic flooding, millions in Pakistan are coming to grips with the grim realities of climate change.
Scores of Afghan journalists took refuge in neighboring Pakistan as it became clear the Taliban was not going to live up to its pledge to allow free media. But after a year of living in limbo, nearly 200 of those journalists claim they are getting no help in their efforts to find a permanent home.
Faisal Sultan, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s special adviser on national health services, spoke to Radio Mashaal about the country’s plans to vaccinate a majority of its estimated 220 million population.
Pakistan’s first transgender news anchor hopes her rise will be a source of hope for her long-oppressed community.
Pakistan's transgender community recently has won legal battles that bolster their basic rights. But during the past week the community in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar has been targeted by a wave of violence aimed at driving them from their homes.
Two days after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked southwestern Pakistan, survivors are digging through rubble in a search for food and supplies.
