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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...

Photo: Film stars Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan at their registry marriage ceremony, Credit: Bollywood Hungama/Wikimedia Bollywood superstar Kareena Kapoor  is once again being trolled on the social media for her marriage to a Muslim actor after...

Shocked over the brutal rape and murder in Indian-ruled Jammu and Kashmir, of Asifa Bano, an 8-year-old Muslim girl, the United Nations has called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice. The rape and killing...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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,...