Abdul Hai Kakar is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal.
Malala Yousafzai's father, Ziauddian, and mother, Thorpekai, have done much to turn their eldest child into an independent individual who is courageous and articulate.
The party calling for the dissolution of the government faces dissent within its own ranks.
Ziauddin Yousafzai, father of famous education activist Malala Youzafzai, claims his daughter is the victim of a “systematic propaganda campaign” in their home country, Pakistan.
Six weeks after beginning a hunger strike, a college student in Pakistan is following through with his pledge to starve himself to protest the enforced disappearances of Baluch activists.
Thousands of members of Pakistan's tiny Hindu minority are fleeing to neighboring India to escape increasing persecution in their Muslim-majority country.
Lawyers and judges across Pakistan are avoiding blasphemy cases in the wake of high- profile murders targeting those who have sought to defend people accused of insulting Islam.
A quiet, little-know bureaucrat has emerged as Pakistan's point man for concluding peace with the Taliban, whose ruthless decade-old insurgency has killed tens of thousands of civilians and soldiers.
A break in suspected U.S. drone strikes against Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders in northwestern Pakistan appears to be helping Islamabad's efforts to negotiate peace with the insurgents.
Radio Mashaal correspondent Abdul Hai Kakar recently visited his native Pakistan. He discovered a fragmented nation threatened by religious extremism.
UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown says Malala Yousafzai has become a symbol of how much one person can do when she believes in a principle.
Established in the mold of British imperial army, Pakistan's military transformed itself to accommodate Islamic influences. Can this change in culture weaken the military's ability to counter the threat of Islamic extremism?
Secular politicians in Pakistan are concerned over a precipitous U.S. withdrawal from neighboring Afghanistan. Pakistani leaders believe their own future could be compromised should the Taliban or other radical Islamists return to power in Kabul.
The media in Pakistan are ostensibly free and thriving under a civilian government, but while the number of outlets may have grown, the scope of coverage has not.
