http://gandhara.rferl.org Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo_RFERL.gif http://gandhara.rferl.org en-AF Copyright 2014 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:38:35 +0430 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Ziauddin Yousafzai, father of famous education activist Malala Youzafzai, claims his daughter is the victim of a “systematic propaganda campaign” in their home country, Pakistan. http://gandhara.rferl.org/content/article/25476106.html http://gandhara.rferl.org/content/article/25476106.html Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:01:04 +0430 Societynoreply@rferl.org (Abdul Hai Kakar) Six weeks after beginning a hunger strike, a college student in Pakistan is following through with his pledge to starve himself to protest the enforced disappearances of Baluch activists. http://gandhara.rferl.org/content/college-student-hunger-strike/25411032.html http://gandhara.rferl.org/content/college-student-hunger-strike/25411032.html Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:36:35 +0430 Societynoreply@rferl.org (Abdul Hai Kakar) Thousands of members of Pakistan's tiny Hindu minority are fleeing to neighboring India to escape increasing persecution in their Muslim-majority country. http://gandhara.rferl.org/content/article/25391888.html http://gandhara.rferl.org/content/article/25391888.html Tue, 20 May 2014 18:37:18 +0430 Societynoreply@rferl.org (Abdul Hai Kakar) Lawyers and judges across Pakistan are avoiding blasphemy cases in the wake of high- profile murders targeting those who have sought to defend people accused of insulting Islam. http://gandhara.rferl.org/content/pakistani-lawyers-judges-shun-blasphemy-cases/25383301.html http://gandhara.rferl.org/content/pakistani-lawyers-judges-shun-blasphemy-cases/25383301.html Tue, 13 May 2014 17:56:51 +0430 Societynoreply@rferl.org (Abdul Hai Kakar) A quiet, little-know bureaucrat has emerged as Pakistan's point man for concluding peace with the Taliban, whose ruthless decade-old insurgency has killed tens of thousands of civilians and soldiers. http://gandhara.rferl.org/content/low-profile-high-impact-official-appointed-to-negotiate-peace/25312016.html http://gandhara.rferl.org/content/low-profile-high-impact-official-appointed-to-negotiate-peace/25312016.html Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:42:28 +0430 News AnalysisPoliticsnoreply@rferl.org (Abdul Hai Kakar, Abubakar Siddique) A break in suspected U.S. drone strikes against Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders in northwestern Pakistan appears to be helping Islamabad's efforts to negotiate peace with the insurgents. http://gandhara.rferl.org/content/pause-in-drone-strikes/25305107.html http://gandhara.rferl.org/content/pause-in-drone-strikes/25305107.html Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:09:54 +0430 News AnalysisSecuritynoreply@rferl.org (Abdul Hai Kakar, Abubakar Siddique) Radio Mashaal correspondent Abdul Hai Kakar recently visited his native Pakistan. He discovered a fragmented nation threatened by religious extremism. http://gandhara.rferl.org/content/article/25283959.html http://gandhara.rferl.org/content/article/25283959.html Mon, 03 Mar 2014 20:17:26 +0430 Featuresnoreply@rferl.org (Abdul Hai Kakar)