US Depart­ment of State spokes­person Heathe­r Nauert says reserv­ations have been forwar­ded to Islama­badThe United States urged Pakistan on Friday to lift a ban on US-funded Radio Mashaal, BBC Urdu reported. Interior ministry shuts Radio Free Europe’s Pashto-language station“The ban on Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Liberty station concerns the US,” she told reporters at a press briefing. The office of RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal in Islamabad was ordered closed by the Ministry of Interior. According to its website, Radio Mashaal was launched in 2010 to help undermine militants. Funded by the US Congress, Radio Free Europe or Radio Liberty was founded in 1950.

Source: The Express Tribune January 26, 2018 08:56 UTC