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Photo: CIA map showing Pakistan-Afghanistan border Indicating that President Donald Trump would adopt a broader regional approach toward the elusive goal of Afghan stability, the top American diplomat spoke to leaders in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India....

A day after Nawaz Sharif relinquished prime minister’s office – in line with a Supreme Court verdict in a corruption case– Pakistan seems to have averted political instability. Sharif’s brother Shahbaz Sharif, a longtime chief minister...

Japanese motor brands have dominated the Pakistani highways and roads for decades but now a Pakistani automobile company has started exporting traditional rickshaws to the quality conscious market of Japan. In an encouraging sign for the...

Photo www.bollywoodhungama.com via Wikimedia Commons A wave of ultranationalism sweeping India has found its latest target in a twitter message by popular actress Priyanka Chopra – her crime just wishing America a Happy Independence Day in...

Friday’s bombings came almost out of the blue, although incidents of terrorism could not have been completely unexpected, given the tense situation in the region, and the rise of militancy in Afghanistan. After a marked improvement...

In a major geo-strategic development, Pakistan and India gained full full member status in  Shanghai Cooperation Organization that held its summit in the Kazakh capital of Astana on Friday. The organization seeks to expand political, economic and...

With South Asia witnessing a dangerous escalation in the form of frequent exchange of fire in Kashmir, the United States has said it wants Pakistan and India to hold dialogue and build cooperation. A State Department...

By DIAC images (Harmony Day celebration of diversity in Australia) via Wikimedia Commons These are chaotic times with democratic norms and diversity becoming big victims in the face of political stereotyping, xenophobic policies, exclusionary otherness, nationalism,...

Flag lowering ceremony at Wagah border between Pakistan and India,  Photo: Kamran Ali/Wikimedia Commons Amid exacerbating South Asian security situation, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has underscored the need for India and Pakistan to find a peaceful solution...

A view of Gwadar Fish Harbor Photo Umair Adeeb/Wikimedia Commons Seeing a win-win equation for the international community from China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative and the Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said both...