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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...

A prominent Pakistani-American businessman has pledged to fund journalism undergraduate scholarship through Pakistani-American Press Association, a newly formed body of journalists. Mossadaq Chughtai said at an event on Saturday he will contribute a minimum of $...

A map of South Asia Image Credit: Cacahuate/Wikimedia Commons Celebrating the 78th Pakistan Day with a traditional show of military prowess, Islamabad has said it stands for peace in the region. Speaking at a parade in the...

Mono Lake in California, August 2014, Photo: Maryphillips1952/Wikimedia Commons Wetter regions are becoming wetter, and drier regions are becoming ever drier, a new report warns citing impacts of climate change that may cause flooding in some...

Photo: A dance of Swati guests with traditional music at Baltit Fort (2014) Credit:  Dildarswat/Wikimedia Commons Pakistan has a lot of diversity among its people and has a rich cultural heritage dating back to some of the...

The downslide in U.S.-Pakistan relations that began with President Donald Trump’s Twitter tirade against Islamabad, seems to have stopped, or at least halted. Washington and Islamabad have taken the route of constructive diplomacy with exchange visits...

Amid raging insurgency in Indian-controlled Kashmir, former prime minister Manmohan Singh has accused the ultrantionalist Narendra Modi government of failure to address troubles in the disputed territory – also a scene of worsening Pakistan-India shelling. Singh,...

Gwadar deep seaport, Photo: Umargondal/Wikimedia Commons A century ago, the people of North and Latin American continents had no road links. They had to travel even to the neighboring countries by sea. But the construction of...

A scene of food market in Lahore, Photo: FaizanM41/Wikimedia Commons Pakistan, with an encouraging economic outlook and a sense of improvement in life among its people, ranks as the happiest nation in South Asia, leaving neighboring...

In a historic move to preserve Sikh family and marriage customs and laws, Pakistan’s largest Punjab province has passed legislation that would legally recognize the minority community’s rites. The assembly adopted the Punjab Sikhs Anand Karaj...