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Praising the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America, Prime Minister Imran Khan has suggested that Pakistani-American could a valuable voice to counter Indian narrative on Kashmir. Speaking at an event in Peshawar, Khan...

As Kashmir remains tense four months after India deprived the region of its autonomy, the UN Security Council meets Tuesday to consider the situation in response to China’s request for a meeting. The Council will likely...

Appalled at the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill – which excludes Muslim immigrants from Indian citizenship – in the lower house of the Parliament, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has recommended sanctions against Home...

Image shows a sculpture of Harriet Tubman by Jane DeDecker, photograph by Dwight Burdette/Wikimedia Some were swiftly sanguine that the Obama presidency may mark a post-racial era.  2019 punctures that balloon of illusion.  Some of the...

India’s repression has turned Kashmir into a “volcano waiting to erupt,” and it is time that New Delhi lets the people of Jammu and Kashmir to decide their destiny, a top Pakistani diplomat argued. Writing an...

Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations raised this question while voicing deep concern over the 15-member forum’s inability to act against India for its flagrant violations in the disputed Kashmir territory that New Delhi annexed on...

During an unprecedented hearing on the Capitol Hill, Kashmiri-Americans issued a stinging rebuke to Indian atrocities while U.S. lawmakers called for sending independent observes into Kashmir to ascertain facts in amid ongoing restrictions on freedoms in...

Manmohan Singh, the former prime minister of India, is hopeful that if replicated the Kartarpur corridor  model – which will see opening up of Sikhism’s second holiest site on Saturday – could help find lasting resolution...

Journalists in many countries are working in hostile environments with increasing fatal attacks but 90 percent of the killers of media persons are not convicted, a new UNESCO report says citing last 12 years records. The report...

India’s attempt to use a group of right-wing European Members of Parliament to gain some international legitimacy for its August 5 annexation of the disputed Kashmir territory has backfired as the European Union says it did...