Border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have risen since the Taliban seized power last year, with Islamabad claiming armed groups are carrying out regular attacks from Afghan soil.
A bomb blew up a military vehicle in Balochistan province. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
General Qamar Javed Bajwa reiterates Islamabad's support for peace process to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, as Taliban and government declare a three-day ceasefire.
Angry locals stage protests after three rebels were killed in disputed region's main Srinagar city. Separately, a 13-year-old girl was killed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir by Indian fire along de facto border.
An escalated conflict between the US and Iran will reverberate in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Voters in turbulent former tribal zones of northwestern Pakistan vote in first provincial elections after the region lost semi-autonomous status it had held since British colonial era.
While years of government neglect caused the antagonism between the state and the local population, a fusion of international actors fuelled the conflict.
“Bagpipes are our roaming ambassadors. This is good not only for the economy, but for the image-building of Pakistan,” says a businessman in Sialkot, a city in central Punjab province that produces an estimated 10,000 bagpipes a year.
Past two days saw a flurry of military activity between nuclear-armed arch rivals and neighbours, India and Pakistan, but the dynamics between the two countries' social media users had already been operating on a war-footing for two weeks.
If the US genuinely wants to 'reset' relations with Pakistan, it would actively engage with Pakistan's civilian leaders, which is not happening.
Could the opening of the Kartarpur Crossing, to facilitate the Sikh community on both sides of the Pakistan-India border, be a step towards talks or initiating a peace process? The Indian media and the Indian government are not interested.
The acquittal of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman accused of blasphemy, and three days of protests after have exposed long-running fault lines in Pakistani society. Here's a look at how it played out on Pakistani social media.
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