Journalists and international media watchdog groups said that press freedom has been steadily declining in Pakistan.
The NATO force in Afghanistan demanded Wednesday that Pakistan investigate a border incident in which a US soldier was shot dead by a man said to be in a Pakistani paramilitary unit's uniform.
Pakistan beefed up security amid fears of further suicide attacks Wednesday after a bomber with a bag of explosives on his head and chilling notes taped to his legs killed 25 people.
PIR ALIZAI CAMP, Pakistan (Reuters) -- At least two people were killed and five wounded on Wednesday in an exchange of fire between Pakistani security forces and Afghan refugees in southwestern Pakistan, police said.
Suspected pro-Taliban militants firing mortars and machine guns attacked a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, and at least five civilians were killed in the ensuing gunbattle, officials said.
Thousands of Afghans protested outside the Pakistani embassy in Kabul on Wednesday, chanting "Death to Pakistan, Death to Musharraf," after the bloodiest clash in decades on the disputed border last weekend.
About 1,000 Afghans shouting "Death to Pakistan" demonstrated in front of Pakistan's embassy in Kabul Wednesday, blaming the neighboring country for some of the bloodiest border clashes in years.
Christians in Pakistan's tense North West Frontier Province reportedly have been threatened with bomb attacks if they do not convert to Islam.
New Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik denied he would be nervous as he tries to rebuild his beleaguered side after a disastrous World Cup.
Christians in north-west Pakistan ask for protection following an ultimatum for them to convert to Islam.