Latest in: South Asia

As Pakistan mourned the loss of more than 70 lives in Easter terror carnage in Lahore, world leaders reacted with outpouring of support for the country that remains one of the biggest victims of terrorist violence....

After a one-year lull, terrorists struck Lahore, killing 71 citizens in a packed recreational park, with children and women being majority of victims. The attack took place on the occasion of Easter and injured more than...

South Asia is once again on the edge with Pakistani-Indian cricket rivalry reaching a fever pitch with a T-20 match between the two of the world’s top teams at Calcutta’s Eden Gardens ground. Pakistan’s cricket team...

New Delhi’s decision to initially invest US $ 150 million for the development of Chah Bahar, an Iranian port, just 70 kilometers away from Pakistani deep-sea port of Gwadar, seems a manifestation of the decades old...

The admission by a top Pakistani official that his country sheltered the Afghan Taliban’s leadership is hardly a surprise for the intelligence community, but it does signal an end to Islamabad’s approach to discriminating between “good” and...

The United States hosted a high-stakes strategic dialogue with Pakistan on Monday, with its top diplomat John Kerry vowing support for the key South Asian country’s fight against terror.   “Our nations are committed to combating...

Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won her second Oscar at a glittering Academy Awards ceremony Sunday, becoming one of the few women to achieve the coveted distinction for her short documentary “A Girl in the River –...

As Kabul prepares for direct talks with Taliban to establish legitimacy in the face of insurgency, rampant corruption is fast eroding average Afghanis’ trust in the state and threatening to undermine efforts for sustainable peace. Rated...

A year after the Iranian youth introduced the Wall of Kindness, or Deewar-e-Meherbani – as it is known in Persian and Urdu languages –  the social welfare concept has transcended across the border into Pakistani cities....

General Raheel Sharif  – who is credited with prosecuting Pakistan’s most effective fight yet against terror  – in North Waziristan and elsewhere along the Afghan border -– has announced that he would retire from the powerful army...