The Punjab government’s move also highlights a grim reality. Instead of fixing the economic conditions that push people into such desperate acts, the state has chosen harsher punishment as its primary response.

Pakistani police and military forces have killed over 100 "Indian-backed terrorists" in Balochistan, according to government officials

Some 60,000 evacuees have been left in limbo by confusion and political disputes as Pakistan battles insurgents on its border with Afghanistan.

Almost 200 dead as Pakistan rocked by worst weekend for insurgent attacks in decades - Coordinated raids by Balochistan separatists target police stations, a prison, a bank and paramilitary installati

By Saleem Ahmed and Mushtaq Ali QUETTA, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Pakistan's military said on Thursday it had concluded a week-long operation against separatists in Balochistan who stormed more than a dozen locations,

United Nations human rights experts have sounded the alarm over what they describe as a deeply troubling assault on the rule of law in Pakistan.