Niaz Ahmad Khan is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal in Swat, Pakistan.
Parents of Pakistani students in Kyrgyzstan held a protest following attacks on foreign students in Kyrgyzstan, demanding the Kyrgyz government provide security for their children. The demonstration was held in Swat Valley on May 20.
In Pakistan, hundreds of supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan took to the streets of the city of Swat to demand the release of their leader. In Peshawar, hundreds of activists from the religious party Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI) held a protest rally on May 9, demanding new elections.
Pakistani authorities have cracked down on undocumented foreigners, mostly Afghans, ahead of a deadline to leave the country or face deportation. In Karachi, Afghan men and boys on November 1 were put on buses and taken to a temporary detention center.
Two people have been killed in two separate attacks in northwestern Pakistan, locals and officials say.
