Latest in: South Asia
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Pakistan University Massacre: Terrorists choose soft target once again
This time it was the Bacha Khan University in Pakistan’s northwestern Pushtun belt town of Charsadda – a center of ancient Gandhara civilization – in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which along with tribal areas has been on...January 20, 2016 1072 0 -
India-Pakistan Peace Search Must not be Abandoned
India and Pakistan again face a familiar crossroads situation – a militant attack threatening to roll back peace hopes between the two nuclear-armed countries. The January 2 Pathankot airbase attack – which India alleges has links to...January 12, 2016 1187 0 -
South Asia’s elusive economic integration
Sapna Devi, a businesswoman from Indian state of Gujarat, is confident of a good response from Pakistani market for the women wear products she showcased at a regional Trade Fair in Lahore. To her, the issue of...December 10, 2015 876 0 -
New book on Kashmir reignites South Asian peace discussion
Pakistan’s former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri launched the India edition of his book on Kashmir in the Indian capital of New Delhi weeks after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif presented his “peace initiatives” at the...October 10, 2015 1362 0 -
Art advances the cause of South Asian peace
India and Pakistan are bound together by geography, culture, and centuries of flowering of arts and many manifestations of human creativity. Since 1947, highly talented individuals from both sides of the border have excelled in music,...September 29, 2015 1603 0 -
Pakistan-India tensions trouble America’s South Asians
Over the past few months, the world has been following painful stories of Syrian refugees dying in their desperate rush for migration to Europe. But Americans of Pakistani and Indian descent have also been deeply troubled...September 15, 2015 1136 1 -
Pakistani Christians seek U.S. role in preventing South Asian conflict
By Augustine Anthony WASHINGTON– A Pakistani-American Christian organization voiced serious concern over the cross-border shelling into Pakistan by Indian troops, saying rising tension could spark a war between the nuclear-armed neighbors and put the...September 10, 2015 1085 0