Daud Khattak is a senior international correspondent covering the Near East in RFE/RL’s Central Newsroom. He was previously the managing editor of RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal.
To enter Pakistan's tribal areas along the Afghan border is like entering a legal "black hole" where residents have little political representation or constitutional protection owing to colonial-era laws. But a new plan aims both to bring modern justice to the restive region and to dissuade residents from joining with militants.
An outcry has erupted in Pakistan over a country-wide antiterrorism operation that minority Pashtuns say targets their community for harassment and "ethnic profiling."
Cumbersome mandatory Pakistani security clearances are preventing thousands of immigrant workers from visiting their families in the country’s restive western tribal areas.
Members of Pashtun clans in Pakistan and Afghanistan are anxious ahead of this week's Muslim festival, Eid al-Fitr. They are wondering whether they will be able to visit friends and families amid the ongoing acrimony between the two countries, which prompted Islamabad to attempt strict border controls.
Pakistani authorities are asking a Pashtun tribe to pay for Taliban attacks before being allowed to return to their war-ravaged villages.
As U.S. President Barack Obama wrapped up his visit to India, neighboring Pakistan has questioned the high-profile trip.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has asked the government to publicize the names of all of the militant groups it has outlawed for their roles in the violence that has killed more than 50,000 Pakistanis during the past decade.
A provincial government in Pakistan that once championed negotiations with the Taliban has now announced hefty rewards for hunting hundreds of fugitive Islamist militants.
A series of recent successful counterterrorism operations are being attributed to the renewed cooperation between Pakistan and the United States.
Pakistan's national security adviser says Islamabad is serious about going after all militant factions operating from its soil.
The new head of Pakistan's premier intelligence agency is seen as focusing on security issues while extracting his organization from the country's messy politics.
Professor Ajmal Khan says he was well-treated during the four years he was held in Waziristan, and vows to continue promoting education in the tribal regions.
The ongoing Pakistani military offensive in North Waziristan appears to be only aimed at dislodging the militant factions involved in attacks in Pakistan, while sparing those attacking neighboring Afghanistan
In what is seen as a major embarrassment for Islamabad, thousands of Pakistani tribespeople have now crossed into Afghanistan in the wake of a major Pakistani military offensive launched in their North Waziristan homeland in mid-June.
Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city and the country’s economic hub, is on a knife-edge after London police arrested Altaf Hussain this week.
Intimidation by extremist groups and intelligence agents force Pakistani journalists to self-censor.
A recent failed assassination attempt on one of Pakistan's leading television presenters has triggered a debate over the role of the country's powerful military in manipulating the media and threatening journalists.
Pakistani lawmakers are examining a $1.5 billion grant by Saudi Arabia, which has strengthened the country's currency and reinforced security ties between the two nations.
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