Latest in: South Asia

Imran Khan won over the hearts of the masses by his very candid and honest manner in his address to the nation as PM. Delivered from the heart in plain words, his talking points scribbled in...

The United Nations has appointed Major General Jose Eladio Alcain of Uruguay as Chief Military Observer and Head of Mission for the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan to monitor ceasefire in disputed Jammu and Kashmir...

Pakistan rescued 11 Iranians in a fast-paced operation from a sunken boat in the rough seas, plucking out the fishermen with its Navy Sea King helicopters. The Iranian boat sank in the open sea, south west...

Dhaka, the capital Photo: ASaber91/Wikimedia Commons During much of the period before 1971, policymakers generally considered baby boom and natural disasters like cyclones and floods in the then East Pakistan and now Bangladesh as the major...

Pakistan will hold general elections on July 25 in what would be the unprecedented third successive polls on the completion of two five-year terms of democratically elected governments. The PML(N) government, elected in May 2013, will...

Graphics: Mumtaz Hussain Human beings are curious by nature. They accept challenges and face dangers, compete, travel, and explore new opportunities. Immigration is one such way in search of a better quality of life. An immigrant...

Flag ceremony at Wagah border crossing, Photo: Daniel Hauptstein via Wikimedia Commons Of late I have recurring dreams, ominous and disturbing, which involve trains. They appear in the early hours when I am neither fully asleep...

Image Credit: Heinrich Böll Stiftung from Berlin, Deutschland via Creative Common In the backdrop of perpetual state of Pakistan-India conflict, it might sound unbelievable but the two South Asian nuclear-armed countries will be jointly conducting military...

A map zooming on Pakistan and its neighbors sourced from a larger : CIA world map While China is investing billions of dollars to stimulate Pakistan’s economic development through mutually beneficial corridor to the Gulf region,...

Photo: Film stars Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan at their registry marriage ceremony, Credit: Bollywood Hungama/Wikimedia Bollywood superstar Kareena Kapoor  is once again being trolled on the social media for her marriage to a Muslim actor after...