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In a promising development for entrepreneurship, Pakistani businesses would now be able to use the global e-commerce platform Amazon to sell their products from within the country after the giant platform added the South Asian country...

Akbar Ahmed, Pawan Bali   It is a more recent tale of two letters:  On Pakistan’s 70th National Day, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi penned a note to his Pakistani counterpart, expressing the desire for a...

For a while, a breakthrough in ossified Pakistan-India relations seemed well underway. Signs of a rapprochement began with a late February reinstitution of a long-dormant cease-fire agreement along the Line of Control, the de facto border...

Eleven people were killed and dozens injured in violent protests that raged during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Dhaka on the occasion of the golden jubilee celebrations of Bangladesh’s independence. Protestors including members of...

British airline Virgin Atlantic has started its operations in Pakistan on Friday, becoming the latest international airline to start serving passengers in the South Asian country. The airline will operate eight weekly flights to Pakistan. The...

Now that the all-consuming debate on who will be better for New Delhi — Donald Trump or Joe Biden — is settled, India-watchers here have moved on to the next set of questions. They are: what...

By Akbar Ahmed and Amitav Acharya   The election of the Biden-Harris ticket in the US Presidential election is a moment of reckoning for the South Asian community in the US and the US policy towards South...

Posing nude for a Zahoor painting was a privilege, an event for any woman. For a complete portrait is a reflection of the heart’s innermost emotions, pain and wisdom interpreted onto the rough surface of the...

There are few more inspiring Christian houses of worship than the great cathedral at Canterbury in the UK. It is of course associated with the killing of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Saint Thomas Becket, and his...

Shutdowns of global travel and trade in the midst of raging coronavirus pandemic have cost the world $320 billion in tourism exports, and the recovery appears to be a slow-paced process. Data from the UN World...