Rights advocates, opposition politicians, and lawyers have opposed draft changes to the Pakistani criminal law that recommend a two-year prison sentence or more than $3,200 in fines for anyone who ...

New Pew Poll Finds Many Churchgoers Hear Pro-Life Messages from Clergy Marvelous Montse!: A Chicagoan Pope Names a Mexican-Born Daughter of the Church to Lead Communications at the Vatican ‘Nature’s ...

Pakistan’s Ministry of Interior told the Sindh High Court on Monday that its ban on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) was legitimate in light of national security concerns and that it did ...

Pakistani Islamists were celebrating a victory over the government after the country's law minister resigned under pressure from fundamentalists who had been demanding his ouster during a ...

Until last week, Pakistani Christians and Muslims on the outskirts of Islamabad lived side-by-side in peace — and in the tight quarters that come with extreme poverty. Then an Islamic cleric heard a ...

Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously approved the raising of the minimum legal age for marriage to 18 earlier this month, amending a 19th-century law allowing the marriage of Christian children.

Pakistan's military has fired three senior army officers for failing to prevent violent attacks on military property by supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The military spokesman, Maj. Gen ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan-- A clash of values is playing out in Pakistan, as adherents of Islamic sharia law try to block legislation aimed at protecting women from discrimination and violence. A new, ...

Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer, regarded as a moderate voice in a country increasingly beset by zealotry, was a close ally of U.S.-backed President Asif Ali Zardari. He is the highest-profile Pakistani ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct 8 (UNHCR) - University students in Pakistan and six Gulf states can now learn more about refugee law and issues, thanks to a course run jointly by Allama Iqbal Open University ...