http://www.rferl.org/archive/Pakistan/latest/2930/2930.html RFE/RL's latest news, features, commentary, and multimedia content on Pakistan http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo_RFERL.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/Pakistan/latest/2930/2930.html en-US Copyright 2010 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Sat, 25 May 2013 23:45:37 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Police in northwest Pakistan say two militant attacks have left nine people dead. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-bomb-attacks/24996954.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-bomb-attacks/24996954.html Sat, 25 May 2013 10:24:16 +0000 Pakistan Pakistani officials say a gas cylinder blast on a school bus has killed at least 16 children and a teacher in eastern Pakistan. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-schoolbus-gas-cylinder-blast-deaths/24996810.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-schoolbus-gas-cylinder-blast-deaths/24996810.html Sat, 25 May 2013 07:54:05 +0000 Pakistan The Pakistani government has reiterated its view that U.S. drone attacks on its territory remain illegal, after President Barack Obama unveiled new rules for their use. http://www.rferl.org/content/islamabad-opposed-drones-obama-address/24996560.html http://www.rferl.org/content/islamabad-opposed-drones-obama-address/24996560.html Fri, 24 May 2013 16:31:31 +0000 Pakistan A Peshawar city police superintendent said local religious leader Haji Hidayatullah survived the attack but his driver and bodyguard were killed. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-peshawar-bomb/24996333.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-peshawar-bomb/24996333.html Fri, 24 May 2013 13:55:41 +0000 Pakistan RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal Two men were arrested after a Pakistan International Airlines plane sent British fighter jets scrambling to escort it to a London airport following an unspecified incident on board. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-plane-escort/24996297.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-plane-escort/24996297.html Fri, 24 May 2013 13:24:58 +0000 Pakistan Anthony Cordesman is a former director of intelligence assessment for the U.S. secretary of defense’s office and a recipient of the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Medal. He now holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He gave RFE/RL Washington Bureau Chief Heather Maher his thoughts about President Barack Obama’s May 23 national security speech. http://www.rferl.org/content/cordesman-says-obama-made-promise-cant-keep/24995572.html http://www.rferl.org/content/cordesman-says-obama-made-promise-cant-keep/24995572.html Thu, 23 May 2013 21:49:12 +0000 Features President Barack Obama sets a new course in U.S. counterterrorism efforts in a major national security speech. http://www.rferl.org/content/obama-terrorism-drones/24995503.html http://www.rferl.org/content/obama-terrorism-drones/24995503.html Thu, 23 May 2013 18:16:52 +0000 News RFE/RL Police in Pakistan say a bomb planted on a vehicle in the southwest of the country has killed 12 people, including 11 police officers. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-car-bomb/24994579.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-car-bomb/24994579.html Thu, 23 May 2013 06:01:13 +0000 Pakistan U.S. President Barack Obama is due to deliver a major speech on May 23 on counterterrorism and the U.S. administration's drone program. http://www.rferl.org/content/us-drone-strikes/24994437.html http://www.rferl.org/content/us-drone-strikes/24994437.html Thu, 23 May 2013 00:20:38 +0000 News RFE/RL In a new report, the global rights group Amnesty International documents abuses in 159 countries and territories that it says were "inflicted by those in power on those who stand in the way of their vested interests." http://www.rferl.org/content/amnesty-report-2012-human-rights-abuses/24994310.html http://www.rferl.org/content/amnesty-report-2012-human-rights-abuses/24994310.html Wed, 22 May 2013 23:01:26 +0000 Features RFE/RL A court in Pakistan has refused bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in a case related to the detention of judges in 2007. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-musharraf-bail-rejected/24994090.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-musharraf-bail-rejected/24994090.html Wed, 22 May 2013 14:30:08 +0000 Pakistan Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang is in Pakistan for a two-day visit aimed at bolstering economic and strategic cooperation. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-chinese-prime-minister-visit/24993567.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-chinese-prime-minister-visit/24993567.html Wed, 22 May 2013 08:38:56 +0000 Pakistan Pakistani cricket star-turned politician Imran Khan has been discharged from the hospital some two weeks after he sustained serious back injuries in a fall in Lahore. http://www.rferl.org/content/imran-khan-leaves-hospital/24993534.html http://www.rferl.org/content/imran-khan-leaves-hospital/24993534.html Wed, 22 May 2013 08:01:49 +0000 Pakistan A new study says drone strikes in Pakistan's northwestern tribal areas are unlikely to eliminate Islamist extremist networks. http://www.rferl.org/content/drones-islamist-networks-new-study/24993202.html http://www.rferl.org/content/drones-islamist-networks-new-study/24993202.html Tue, 21 May 2013 19:09:00 +0000 Pakistan India has offered more aid to Afghanistan after international forces withdraw next year. http://www.rferl.org/content/afghanistan-india-military-aid-karzai/24993121.html http://www.rferl.org/content/afghanistan-india-military-aid-karzai/24993121.html Tue, 21 May 2013 17:03:22 +0000 Afghanistan One of the many religious minorities whose plight is documented in the latest U.S. State Department report on religious freedom is the Ahmadiyya community, or the Ahmadis. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-ahmadis-persecution-violence/24992861.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-ahmadis-persecution-violence/24992861.html Tue, 21 May 2013 12:41:09 +0000 Pakistan Daud Khattak, Frud Bezhan Pakistan's prime minister-designate, Nawaz Sharif, has called for a dialogue with hard-line Taliban militants waging a war against the government. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-prime-minister-sharif-taliban-talks/24992044.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-prime-minister-sharif-taliban-talks/24992044.html Mon, 20 May 2013 18:08:30 +0000 Pakistan A court in Pakistan has granted former military ruler Pervez Musharraf bail in a case related to the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-musharraf-bhutto-bail/24991604.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-musharraf-bhutto-bail/24991604.html Mon, 20 May 2013 12:34:58 +0000 Pakistan Pakistani officials say gunmen attacked a polio vaccination team in the country's northwest, killing a policeman who was escorting the health workers. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-polio-attack/24991562.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-polio-attack/24991562.html Mon, 20 May 2013 11:50:16 +0000 Pakistan The May 19 voting took place under tight security in 43 polling stations in Karachi's NA-250 constituency, one day after the killing of a PTI provincial vice president, Zahra Shahid Hussain, outside her home. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-pti-khan-wins-karachi-vote/24991449.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-pti-khan-wins-karachi-vote/24991449.html Mon, 20 May 2013 11:01:51 +0000 Pakistan India and Pakistan may have tense relations, but a 22-year-old Pakistan woman and two Indian friends have shown they can rise above their differences by ascending Mount Everest together. http://www.rferl.org/content/everest-pakistani-mountaineer/24991308.html http://www.rferl.org/content/everest-pakistani-mountaineer/24991308.html Mon, 20 May 2013 09:24:18 +0000 Pakistan Rabia Akram, Charles Recknagel Voters in Pakistan's port city of Karachi have cast ballots in a partial rerun of the country's general election. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-karachi/24990823.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-karachi/24990823.html Sun, 19 May 2013 15:27:43 +0000 Pakistan Spokesman Aimal Faizi says Afghan President Hamid Karzai will discuss recent Afghan-Pakistani border skirmishes when he visits New Delhi and will seek Indian help in strengthening Afghan security forces. http://www.rferl.org/content/afghanistan-military-aid-india-karzai-pakistan-border/24990809.html http://www.rferl.org/content/afghanistan-military-aid-india-karzai-pakistan-border/24990809.html Sun, 19 May 2013 15:22:36 +0000 Afghanistan RFE/RL The gunmen escaped, and there was no immediate claim of responsibility. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-karachi/24990341.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-karachi/24990341.html Sun, 19 May 2013 01:18:09 +0000 News RFE/RL A court in northwestern Pakistan has imposed one of the longest prison sentences in the country's history to two men for their part in terrorist attacks on Shi'ite Muslim mourners. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-terror-attacks-sentencing/24989167.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-terror-attacks-sentencing/24989167.html Fri, 17 May 2013 12:38:23 +0000 Pakistan RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal Bombings at two mosques in a remote valley in northwestern Pakistan have killed at least 13 people. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-mosque-attacks/24989019.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-mosque-attacks/24989019.html Fri, 17 May 2013 10:55:46 +0000 Pakistan RFE/RL What is the state of LGBT rights in the world today? To mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) has released a map charting the rights of homosexuals around the world. The co-secretary general of ILGA, Renato Sabbadini, spoke to RFE/RL's Claire Bigg. http://www.rferl.org/content/homosexuals-rights-worldwide-interview/24988901.html http://www.rferl.org/content/homosexuals-rights-worldwide-interview/24988901.html Fri, 17 May 2013 09:44:09 +0000 Features Pakistani politician Imran Khan is giving a three-day ultimatum to the national election commission to investigate his party's claims of vote-rigging in last week's parliamentary polls. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-imran-khan-demands-vote-fraud-investigation/24987560.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-imran-khan-demands-vote-fraud-investigation/24987560.html Thu, 16 May 2013 06:24:20 +0000 Pakistan The Pakistan Movement for Justice (PTI) party won a majority of seats in the northwestern province's assembly in the May 11 general elections. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-khan-taliban-talks/24986801.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-khan-taliban-talks/24986801.html Wed, 15 May 2013 11:02:07 +0000 Pakistan RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal Pakistan's Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif is seen as keen on improving relations with the country's neighbors. In an interview with RFE/RL correspondent Abubakar Siddique, Pakistani author Ahmed Rashid weighed in on Sharif's likely approach to relations with Pakistan's neighbors and the United States. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-sharif-interview-rashid/24985934.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-sharif-interview-rashid/24985934.html Tue, 14 May 2013 14:25:15 +0000 Gandhara http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-sharif-interview-rashid/24985934.html#relatedInfoContainer Pakistan's neighbors and global powers have welcomed Nawaz Sharif's victory in the country's May 11 general elections, in the hope that he will stabilize the country and change its external outlook. RFE/RL looks at Sharif's potential foreign policy moves. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-sharif-foreign-policy/24985790.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-sharif-foreign-policy/24985790.html Tue, 14 May 2013 12:54:17 +0000 Pakistan Abubakar Siddique The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on May 11 in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's Balochistan Province that killed six people and injured more than 60. http://www.rferl.org/content/imu-pakistan-bombing-quetta/24985792.html http://www.rferl.org/content/imu-pakistan-bombing-quetta/24985792.html Tue, 14 May 2013 12:50:35 +0000 Pakistan RFE/RL's Uzbek Service A Pakistani court has extended former President Pervez Musharraf's house arrest by 14 days in a case related to the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. http://www.rferl.org/content/musharraf-arrest-extension-court/24985418.html http://www.rferl.org/content/musharraf-arrest-extension-court/24985418.html Tue, 14 May 2013 09:07:16 +0000 Pakistan RFE/RL holds a one-hour postelection Google Hangout on the Pakistani elections and what they tell Pakistanis and the world. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-election-googlehangout/24984867.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-election-googlehangout/24984867.html Mon, 13 May 2013 15:46:37 +0000 Pakistan It remains to be seen whether once-and-future Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif can get along with the country's powerful military establishment, which opposes his peace overtures to India. http://www.rferl.org/content/profile-nawaz-sharif-pakistan-elections/24984832.html http://www.rferl.org/content/profile-nawaz-sharif-pakistan-elections/24984832.html Mon, 13 May 2013 13:36:50 +0000 Pakistan Abubakar Siddique Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistani politician poised to become the country's next prime minister, says he wants to ease deep-running mistrust with India. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-sharif-calls-warmer-ties-india-us-pakistan/24984694.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-sharif-calls-warmer-ties-india-us-pakistan/24984694.html Mon, 13 May 2013 13:27:54 +0000 Pakistan Officials say the police chief of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan Province has narrowly escaped a suicide bomb attack. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-balochistan/24983975.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-balochistan/24983975.html Mon, 13 May 2013 01:17:38 +0000 Pakistan RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is poised to form his country's next government following elections notable for a high turnout in the face of Taliban violence. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-elections-sharif-new-government/24983846.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-elections-sharif-new-government/24983846.html Sun, 12 May 2013 14:47:21 +0000 Pakistan Abubakar Siddique Veteran politician Nawaz Sharif appears headed toward forming Pakistan’s next government following elections notable for a high turnout in the face of Taliban violence. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-elections-voting-/24982862.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-elections-voting-/24982862.html Sat, 11 May 2013 07:30:14 +0000 Pakistan RFE/RL http://www.rferl.org/contentlive/pakistan-elections-live-blog/24982783.html http://www.rferl.org/contentlive/pakistan-elections-live-blog/24982783.html Sat, 11 May 2013 04:07:21 +0000 Transmission In 2002, three Pakistani religious parties ran under the same banner and managed to defeat their secularist and moderate rivals and lead a provincial government. But the alliance fell into disarray by the 2008 elections, which one of the parties boycotted nationally. http://www.rferl.org/content/gandhara-pakistan-religious-parties/24982565.html http://www.rferl.org/content/gandhara-pakistan-religious-parties/24982565.html Fri, 10 May 2013 15:22:15 +0000 Gandhara http://www.rferl.org/content/gandhara-pakistan-religious-parties/24982565.html#relatedInfoContainer Pakistan's May 11 elections will be the first time members of the country's marginalized "third-gender" community will be allowed to vote and run for office. The 500,000-strong community's newfound political rights are just the latest sign of their progress in recent years. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-third-gender-elections/24982543.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-third-gender-elections/24982543.html Fri, 10 May 2013 14:55:13 +0000 Pakistan Frud Bezhan, Ahmad Shah Azami Pakistan's May 11 parliamentary elections are historic in that they mark the country's first democratic transition of power, but the campaign has been anything but peaceful. How could the acrimonious political atmosphere shape Pakistan's future government? http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-election-campaign-rhetoric/24982404.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-election-campaign-rhetoric/24982404.html Fri, 10 May 2013 12:58:11 +0000 Pakistan Abubakar Siddique Attacks on Pakistani politicians were continuing on the eve of the country’s May 11 general elections. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-election-violence/24982160.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-election-violence/24982160.html Fri, 10 May 2013 09:58:03 +0000 Pakistan RFE/RL Pakistan's May 11 general elections will help shape the future of a country that faces mounting economic and security challenges, and will determine if the course taken by the previous, secular government will continue. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-election-guide/24981241.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-election-guide/24981241.html Thu, 09 May 2013 11:25:18 +0000 Pakistan Abubakar Siddique A Pakistani court has ruled that Islamabad has the right to stop unmanned U.S. aircraft if Washington ignores warnings to halt drone attacks. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-us-drones/24981114.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-us-drones/24981114.html Thu, 09 May 2013 10:03:50 +0000 Pakistan Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has condemned the kidnapping of former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani’s son, calling it a “reprehensible act of a cowardly enemy.” http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-kidnapping-gilani/24981098.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-kidnapping-gilani/24981098.html Thu, 09 May 2013 09:51:20 +0000 Pakistan RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal The man who is expected to be Pakistan’s next prime minister says he will end the country’s involvement in the U.S.-led war on terrorism if he is elected. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-sharif-war/24980952.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-sharif-war/24980952.html Thu, 09 May 2013 07:26:39 +0000 Pakistan A group of utility workers held by the Taliban for 16 months has been freed. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-kidnapped-released/24980861.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-kidnapped-released/24980861.html Thu, 09 May 2013 05:50:58 +0000 Pakistan RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal A Pakistani prisoner in India who was in a coma after being beaten by another inmate last week has died. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-india-prisoner-beating/24980852.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-india-prisoner-beating/24980852.html Thu, 09 May 2013 05:42:51 +0000 Pakistan