Pakistan's military has sentenced five alleged Al-Qaeda militants to death over a deadly bus attack and the killing of a prominent rights activist last year.
Leaders of four countries launched a major power transmission project in Tajikistan that aims to supply energy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. They used golden wrenches to tighten bolts on a transmission tower about 70 kilometers west of the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. (RFE/RL's Tajik Service)
The CASA-1000 power project has been inaugurated by officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
A man in Pakistan has allegedly gunned down his wife, mother-in-law, and a female cousin over suspicions they were having relations with other men, police say.
The son of a former Pakistani prime minister has left Afghanistan after being held by Al-Qaeda militants for three years. Ali Haider Gilani, the son of ex-premier Yusuf Raza Gilani, was freed in a joint operation by Afghan and U.S. commandos near the border with Pakistan on May 10.
The son of a former Pakistani prime minister who was rescued in Afghanistan has been flown home after first being handed over to Pakistani officials in Kabul.
London-based Tanya Wells has learned songs from around the world, in multiple languages, just by ear. Her recent Facebook version of an Urdu classic has won her a huge fan following in Pakistan.
The kidnapped son of a former Pakistani prime minister has been rescued in Afghanistan in a joint Afghan-U.S. special forces operation.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani arrived in Tajikistan on May 10 for a two-day visit, with the CASA-1000 power project expected to be officially launched during his trip.
Pakistani human rights activist Khurram Zaki, a vocal critic of Islamic extremism, was laid to rest after being gunned down in Karachi. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
Pakistani police said on May 8 that unknown gunmen riding motorcycles have shot and killed a prominent rights activist and injured two others in the southern city of Karachi.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Central Asia-South Asia electricity project CASA-1000 is next week in Tajikistan, but questions remain about it and a regional gas pipeline.
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