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Lahore Literary Festival returns to New York’s Asia Society on May 12
Photo: LLF/Asia Society Promising to be a premier cultural event, the Lahore Literary Festival returns to New York this Saturday with a series of discussions exploring dimensions of Pakistani arts and literature. This year’s event will...May 9, 2018 1275 1 -
U.S. and the South Asian flux of new strategic developments
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,...Apr 25, 2018 2250 1 -
Kabul carnage: 57 killed; ISIS claims responsibility
A view of Kabul, the center of Afghanistan’s social and political life. Photo UNAMA/Fardin Waezi. In one of the deadliest attacks in Afghanistan this year, 57 people were reported killed and 119 injured when a suicide...Apr 22, 2018 1025 0 -
Indian, Pakistani growth momentum makes South Asia the fastest growing region
A view of Lahore Ring Road, Photo: Faisal7714014/Wikimedia Commons South Asia has regained its lead as the fastest growing region in the world, the World Bank says in its latest report on the region, which shows...Apr 18, 2018 1554 0 -
U.S. should use military pressure toward a political solution to the Syrian conflict
The United States, Britain and France have launched coordinated military strikes against Bashar al Assad’s regime in Syria in reaction to the use of chemical weapons against civilians. President Donald Trump has described the actions as...Apr 14, 2018 1140 0 -
Why Pakistani, Indian aviation industries promise growth despite regional troubles
A PIA Boeing plane, Photo: Robert Underwood/ Wikipedia With the land and maritime disputes in the South and the East China Sea, China-India disputes on the sovereignty over two separated pieces of territories, Aksai Chin in Jammu...Apr 11, 2018 1127 1 -
Pakistan-India rivalry: 2018 Asia Cricket Cup shifted to UAE
Sharjah cricket stadium, CreditL PaddyBriggs/via Wikimedia Commons The 2018 Asia Cup has been moved from India to the United Arab Emirates after Pakistan refused to play in the neighboring rival country as relations simmer between them, the...Apr 10, 2018 1017 0 -
Malala back in Swat: ‘So much joy seeing my family home’
In a visit marked by much significance for Pakistan’s fight against militancy, the world’s youngest Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai went back to Swat, her hometown in northwestern Pakistan valley, where she was attacked by the Taliban. Nearly six...Mar 31, 2018 1776 0 -
U.S. official Alice Wells in Pakistan for counterterrorism talks
A senior official for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday as Washington seeks Pakistan’s strong action against Afghan militants amid reports that the Trump Administration may be...Mar 28, 2018 1346 0 -
White House aide looks forward to growing U.S.-Pakistan relationship
The United States and Pakistan have a lot to gain by working with each other, a senior aide to U.S. President Donald Trump, said while speaking at a Pakistan Day event at the country’s embassy in...Mar 24, 2018 1206 0
