The ex-husband of Pashto singer and anti-Taliban activist Ghazala Javed has been sentenced to death by a court in Pakistan's northwestern Swat district, for murdering the singer and her father in 2012 ...

Ghazala was born in the Swat valley which fell to Taliban rule in 2007. When Taliban captured her home town, she was forced to migrate 170 kilometers away with her family to the city of Peshawar.

The murder of prominent Pashto singer Ghazala Javed in Peshawar on June 18 is another warning for lovers of art and music and conveys the message that the government, which is supposed to ensure the ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Popular Pashto-language singer Ghazala Javed has been shot dead along with her father in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. Local authorities said Javed's husband, whom ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, June 19 (UPI) -- Famed Pakistani pop singer Ghazala Javed was killed in a drive-by shooting in northwest Pakistan, police said. CNN reported Javed was leaving a hair salon Monday ...

Popular Pakistani singer Ghazala Javed and her father were reportedly shot to death as they left a beauty parlor in northwest Pakistan. The Times of India reports that unidentified men fired ...