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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’s new ambassador to the United States Ali Jehangir Siddiqui assumed charge of his position on Tuesday at a challenging time when the U.S-Pakistan relations are at a low ebb. Siddiqui, a banker, replaces retired career...

India, a major oil importer of Iranian oil, has ruled out implementing the U.S. sanction against Tehran as New Delhi fortifies its relations with Russia and works out a rapprochement with China, the two regional powers....

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...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Christmas 2017, Photo: Mark Jones/Wikimedia Commons I was fortunate to be in England during the marriage of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle. I watched on television with millions of others, Prince...

Pakistani tribal areas, Credit: Hbtila at en.wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons In a development likely to boost economic development of Pakistan’s remote tribal regions – which have been a scene of militancy in the post-911 years – the country’s...

The Soviet invasion in 1979 precipitated a large influx of Afghans into Pakistan, mainly from the Kabul elite, the affluent bought up residential homes and even small businesses, mainly in transportation. As the war reached the...

Photo: Facebook More than 3,000 members from the Muslim community in Stafford attended the funeral of Sabika Sheikh, the Pakistani exchange student killed in the deadly May 18 mass shooting at Santa Fe High School. The...

Photo: Facebook Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed condolences to the family of Pakistan Exchange program student Sabika Sheikh, who was among the victims of deadly shooting in Santa Fe High School in Texas on...

The floodlit border zone between India and Pakistan has a distinctly orange hue in this astronaut photograph, Credit: NASA/Wikimedia Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Indian High Commissioner, Ajay Bisaria, to condemn the “unprovoked and continuing “...