THE MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD TO BE A JOURNALIST

Both CPJ and RSF found that the number of female journalists killed in 2017 at least doubled since last year... READ MORE›

QUETTA CHURCH ATTACK VICTIM: WHAT PLACE IS SAFE?

Islamabad, Pakistan - No-one in the Gil family misses the weekly service at the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church, in Quetta... READ MORE›

PAKISTAN: QUETTA CHURCH HIT IN SUICIDE ATTACK

Islamabad - A suicide attack on a church in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta has killed at least five people, police and hospital officials say... READ MORE›

WHERE REPORTERS FACE BEATINGS, THREATS AND DEATH

Pakistan ranks 139 out of 180 countries listed on the World Press Freedom Index 2017, compiled by Reporters Sans Frontieres RSF ... READ MORE›

BALOCHISTAN JOURNALISTS 'BETWEEN THE STICK AND THE GUN'

More than a dozen towns, cities and districts in Pakistan's restive province of Balochistan have been without newspapers for the past month... READ MORE›

SENIOR POLICE OFFICIAL KILLED IN TARGETED QUETTA ATTACK

On October 18, seven police officers were killed and 22 wounded when their vehicle was targeted in a roadside suicide bombing in the Saryab road area of Quetta... READ MORE›

PAKISTAN CONFIRMS DEATH OF 2 KIDNAPPED CHINESE NATIONALS

According to reports, the couple who were teaching Chinese in Pakistan were kidnapped in May by unknown gunmen in Quetta... READ MORE›

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BLAST HITS PAKISTAN'S LAL SHAHBAZ QALANDAR SUFI SHRINE

At least 75 dead, including children and women, as ISIL claims attack at Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sindh province... READ MORE›

A senior Taliban commander in the Pakistani city of Quetta said that 12 years of incarceration had also caused some psychological problems for Noori and Fazl... READ MORE›

PAKISTAN LAUNCHES CRACKDOWN AS ISIS SHRINE ATTACK TOLL RISES TO 88

An Afghan police official said Pakistan had launched an artillery assault in Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan, where a self-declared Isis affiliate is based... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 45 KILLED, 100 WOUNDED IN PAKISTAN BLAST, IS CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY

A Pakistani official says the death toll from a bomb blast at a Sufi shrine in southwest Pakistan has risen to 45 and over 100 wounded... READ MORE›

AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF A CITY'S LAWYERS WAS KILLED IN PAKISTAN

Barkhurdar Khan, a member of the Baluchistan Bar Council, was one of the few lawyers who survived the attack... READ MORE›

PAKISTAN EXPLOSION LEAVES MANY DEAD AT LAHORE PARK

A Pakistan Taliban faction said it carried out the attack... READ MORE›

MASSACRE: TALIBAN STORMS PAKISTAN SCHOOL, KILLING 126, MOSTLY CHILDREN

Hospital security guards carry a student injured during the attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan... READ MORE›

ARMY KILLS '100 TERRORISTS' AFTER SEHWAN SHRINE BLAST

Following the attack, Pakistan closed two border crossings with Afghanistan... READ MORE›

EXPLOSION AT PARK IN LAHORE PAKISTAN KILLS DOZENS

Pakistan has been shaken by a series of attacks this year... READ MORE›

INDIA CLAIMS STRIKING SUSPECTED REBELS IN PAKISTAN

An Indian army spokesman confirmed that there had been shelling from the Pakistani side of the LoC into the Poonch district of Indian-administered Kashmir... READ MORE›

BOMB BLAST IN PAKISTAN PARK KILLS 65

A bomb blast in a park in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has killed tens of people and wounded scores, a health official said... READ MORE›

TALIBAN SPLINTER GROUP CLAIMS ATTACK ON CHRISTIANS AT PAKISTAN PARK; 60 DEAD

A spokesman for the Jamaat ul-Ahrar militant group, which is an offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban, asserted responsibility in a telephone interview Sunday... READ MORE›

KARACHI HEAT WAVE DEATH TOLL TOPS 650 DURING RAMADAN FAST

But since a suffocating heat wave descended on Karachi three days ago killing at least 650 people they have found no respite and no escape... READ MORE›

GUNMEN ATTACK HAZARA SHIA MUSLIMS IN QUETTA CITY

So far this year, at least 14 Hazaras have been killed in such targeted attacks, according to the SATP... READ MORE›

MILITANT GROUP ATTACKS PAKISTAN POLICE ACADEMY; SCORES DEAD

Pakistani army soldiers arrive at the Balochistan Police Training College in Quetta after militants attacked the police academy... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN HACKERS FIND READY BULLHORNS IN THE MEDIA

Firm' Some reporters were offered documents exclusively, a familiar tactic of government press offices and public relations firms that want to shape coverage... READ MORE›

POLICE OFFICE TARGETED IN DEADLY QUETTA BLAST

The explosion on Friday morning targeted a police checkpost near the complex housing the Balochistan police chief's office, local police officer Muhammad Akbar said... READ MORE›

HUNDREDS DIE IN HEAT WAVE IN SOUTHERN PAKISTAN

The Pakistan Rangers Sindh, a paramilitary force that otherwise fights crime in Karachi, has set up 10 heatstroke relief centers across the city... READ MORE›

PAKISTAN SCHOOL ATTACK LIVE: TALIBAN KILL AT LEAST 84 CHILDREN IN 'HORRIFYING' MASSACRE

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack and said it was in revenge for an anti-terrorist military offensive... READ MORE›

PAKISTAN IN MOURNING AS TOLL FROM LAHORE SUICIDE BOMBING RISES

Lahore, widely considered the cultural and political capital of Pakistan, appeared to be in mourning on Monday... READ MORE›

MALIK ISHAQ MILITANT LEADER IN PAKISTAN IS SAID TO DIE IN ATTACK ON POLICE CONVOY

Still, his killing is an indication that the Pakistani state is serious about targeting anti-Shia militants, he said... READ MORE›

PAKISTAN TALIBAN FACTION CLAIMS PARK ATTACK ON LAHORE CHRISTIANS

It is the political powerbase of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and has seen relatively few terror attacks in recent years... READ MORE›

ISIL CLAIMS DEADLY ATTACK ON PAKISTANI FORCES

At least four members of Pakistani security forces killed by gunmen on a motorcycle in restive Balochistan province... READ MORE›

MULTIPLE TERROR ATTACKS ACROSS PAKISTAN LEAVE 62 DEAD, 100 INJURED

Hours after the attack, twin explosions went off in Pakistan's northwestern town of Parachinar bordering Afghanistan... READ MORE›

DEATH TOLL IN PAKISTAN EASTER SUICIDE ATTACK CLIMBS PAST 70

Christians make up only about one percent of Pakistan's population, but have maintained a larger presence in Lahore... READ MORE›

PAKISTAN POLICE ARREST 14 IN 'HONOR KILLING' OF TEEN SAID TO HAVE HELPED BRIDE TO ELOPE

Earlier this year, Sharif's political party, Pakistan Muslim League-N, pushed through a women's rights bill in Punjab province... READ MORE›

U.S. SAYS LATE TALIBAN LEADER WAS PLANNING ATTACKS ON AMERICANS

According to Taliban officials, the movement has set up offices in Iran, which Mansour used to visit... READ MORE›

ABDUL SATTAR EDHI PAKISTANS FATHER TERESA DIES AT 88

Abdul Sattar Edhi was the real manifestation of love for those who are socially vulnerable, impoverished, helpless and poor... READ MORE›

DEADLY BLAST HITS SHRINE IN PAKISTAN'S BALOCHISTAN

In November, at least 52 people were killed in an ISIL-claimed suicide bombing at a shrine in the Hub district of Balochistan, south of Jhal Magsi... READ MORE›

PAKISTAN'S PRIME MINISTER IS DEFYING THE CLERICS -- VERY CAREFULLY

In January, Sharif's government ended a three-year ban on YouTube that had been supported by religious clerics to shield Pakistanis from videos defaming Islam... READ MORE›