Sarah Zaman

From rural to urban areas, Pakistani polio workers tackle a variety of challenges

Awami League leader Shafiul Alam Chowdhury told VOA his party is unifying in protest of the current government

No media source currently available Religious political parties in Bangladesh have become active in national politics since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ouster.

Print Pakistan has hired two U.S.-based law firms to represent it at the International Court of Arbitration as it fights Iran's bid to force

Pakistanis are choking on toxic air. With the arrival of cooler temperatures, perpetually poor air quality has reached hazardous levels causing disruptions in daily activities. As VOA Pakistan bureau chief Sarah Zaman reports, experts say the problem that keeps returning every winter will get worse over time.

Print Pakistan's top advisory body on religious affairs on Friday declared that using virtual private networks to access blocked content on the internet is against Shariah, or Islamic law.

Print “We are disturbed mentally. I have a son. I can't even sleep at night. He says he will go and fight,” Laila Ibrahim of Pakistan's Kurram tribal district tells VOA by phone.

Print As part of its drive to expel Afghan citizens from the nation's capital, Pakistan has deported dozens bearing UNHCR-issued documents, the agency told VOA Thursday.

No media source currently available U.S. President Donald Trump's recent executive order suspending refugee arrivals in the United States takes effect Jan. 27.

'My family and I couldn't sleep at night' since the executive order was signed, said 50-year-old Ahmad Zahir Sultani, who fled to Pakistan alongside his wife and four children a few months after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021.