The BBC Urdu service's Masud Alam takes a wry look at freedoms in Pakistan compared with elsewhere.
Since Sept. 11, Pakistan has handed over more than 2,000 militants it says are associated with al-Qaida to foreign governments, including the United States.
Three suspected al Qaeda-linked militants were killed and two wounded while making bombs in a house in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region on Friday, officials said.
Pakistan has more death row inmates than any other country, human rights group Amnesty International says.
SAIDGI, Pakistan - A missile strike killed four people in a Pakistani border region considered a stronghold of Taleban and Al Qaeda militants, witnesses and officials said.
Sarajevo, April 27 (DPA) Bosnia-Herzegovina and Pakistan should develop good economic ties along with good bilateral relations, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said at the start of a two-day official visit to Bosnia on Friday.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan April 27 (UPI) -- The head of a Pakistani theater group says its banned play "Burqavaganza" about concealing cloaks worn by Muslim women does not offend Islam, the BBC reported.
ANKARA (Reuters) - The leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan will meet this weekend in Turkey to try to repair ties and boost regional security after accusing each other of not doing enough to stop the Taliban insurgency.
LONDON, April 27: In its annual report on the death penalty released on Friday, Amnesty International, the global human rights watchdog, has indicated that after China and Iran, Pakistan had the highest number of executions (82) in the world in 2006. Additionally, more than 7,000 prisoners are on death row, currently the largest figure for any country.
Pakistan industry seeks lower import duty