Prominent Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir has died. She battled her opponents in the street, in courtrooms and on Twitter.

Over a 2-year period, at least 13 children were raped and killed in Kasur, a small Pakistani town. The latest murder, of a 7-year-old girl, triggered riots and snowballed into a political crisis.

The rape and murder of a little girl has led to much soul searching in Pakistan and might actually lead to changes in the country.

Pakistan police have detained a man suspected in the rape and murder of a young girl named Zainab. Her body was found on a trash heap. The death provoked widespread rioting in her hometown.

Two upper-class sisters are writing a book updating Jane Austen's stories, and setting them in contemporary Pakistan. The sisters face many of the same challenges as women in England's regency period.

After calling on Pakistan to deny safe haven to extremists who are undermining Afghanistan's government, the Trump administration has suspended most security assistance to Pakistan.

Pakistan has reacted angrily and called a cabinet meeting in response to President Trump's New Year's Day tweet threatening to withdraw aid to the country.

Gays and lesbians live secret lives in Pakistan. But to be a transgender woman there is a different experience. They're mobilizing a movement for equal rights — and scoring victories.

Thursday's suicide bombing in the Afghan capital of Kabul targeted a Shiite cultural center, and killed 41 people. Victims' families say the government isn't doing enough to stop the violence.

In Kabul, a suicide bomber targeted a Shiite cultural center and a news agency. There were conflicting reports of how many explosions took place, and how many attackers were involved.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell talked with NPR about his legislative agenda for 2018. Also, Jonathan O'Connell of The Washington Post discusses a dismissed lawsuit against President Trump.

President Trump warned he'd cut off money to countries that voted in favor of a U.N. resolution condemning his Jerusalem change, but he was defied by most of his Muslim allies, including Pakistan.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan counted more than 700 alleged disappearances last year. Since 2001, the group estimates that as many as 10,000 people have gone missing.

Pakistan hosts Sri Lanka Sunday in their major first international match at home since a terrorist attack in 2009.

A Pakistani woman who survived a near deadly assault managed to bring her attacker to justice. But her effort showed how hard it is to prosecute crimes against women in Pakistan.

The president addressed the nation about U.S. engagement and "the path forward" in Afghanistan and South Asia. He criticized Pakistan for offering "safe haven to agents of chaos, violence and terror."

Seventy years after the partition of India and Pakistan, both countries are still shaped by the turmoil of that time. Most estimates say that more than a million people were killed during one of the largest mass migrations in history.

Seventy years ago Monday, Muslims on the Indian subcontinent got their own country: Pakistan. But in the decades since, the idea of who belongs there has changed.

Progress is being made on transgender rights in Pakistan. But a new music video by a popular singer shows the discrimination that persists.

Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was dismissed by the country's Supreme Court following a corruption scandal, announced that he is nominating his brother to take over the post.