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A visual projection of Ghalib, Credit: Anwaraj/Wikimedia Commons In the preface to his book, Dr. Gopi Chand Narang says: “Ghalib’s poetical construct supports unqualified freedom of the human spirit. His dialectical discourse is an indication of...

Photo: VOA/Wikimedia  As Kashmiris protest Indian repression in the disputed territory, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced serious concern over killings of Kashmiri demonstrators, saying the bloodshed “needs to be investigated. “Civilians have to be...

Image: Kashmir regional map Credit: w:user:Planemad/Wikimedia Commons The Indian-ruled Kashmir was on edge on Sunday after security forces killed several men, which it said were militants. The weekend killings in Shopian and Islamabad area saw anti-India...

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...

A file photo shows a washed-out bridge, damaged from flooding, is shown in Pakistan Aug. 5, 2010 Credit:DoD by Staff Sgt. Horace Murray/Wikipedia A spate of disasters due to a mix of extreme weather and climate...

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,...

A view of Kabul, the centre of Afghanistan’s social and political life. Photo UNAMA/Fardin Waezi Afghanistan’s President  Ashraf Ghani has made unconditional peace talks offer to the warring group Taliban, saying negotiations could help end 16-years long...

A family struggles through a dusty environment in Afghanistan. Photo: UNAMA / Fraidoon Poya Afghanistan war continues to inflict a heavy toll on human beings in the country. Nearly 17-year-old, the conflict has also had deadly regional...

A court in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore has handed death sentence to a man, Imran Ali Naqashbandi, who was found guilty of raping and murdering Zainab, a seven-year old girl, whose gruesome death last month outraged...

UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras The United States is paying tribute to the memory of Pakistani human rights champion Asma Jahangir, calling her untimely death of the global icon as a “great loss to the world.” “We join...