Pakistan
South Asians bag top portfolios in Boris Johnson cabinet
Bearing testimony to Britain’s march towards becoming a truly multi-racial country, two South Asians, an Indian and a Pakistani, have been given top positions in Boris Johnson’s cabinet.
With India denying Trump’s claim about Kashmir, US-Pak talks are back to Afghanistan
Trump's faux pas on Modi wanting US mediation in the India-Pak dispute over Kashmir, is likely to lead to a stiffening of India's attitude to Pakistan and may eventually have an adverse effect on the US plans in Afghanistan.
India denies Modi asked Trump to mediate in Kashmir dispute with Pakistan
"I think they (India) would like to see it resolved, and I think you (Pakistan) would like to see it resolved. And if I can help, I would love to be mediator,." Trump told visiting Pakistan PM. Imran Khan.
Trump tells Imran he’s ready to mediate with India to end Kashmir dispute
The American interest in Pakistan appears to be narrowly restricted to its plans to pull out of Afghanistan with some critical guarantees, but Pakistan's interests are broader with economic, military and geo-political dimensions.
ICJ orders Pakistan to review conviction and death sentence given to alleged Indian spy and give India consular access
The order for retrial of the allege spy Kulbhushan Jadhav and for consular access to India are considered as a victory by India and Pakistan says it has gained because the court did not order his acquittal.
Hafiz Saeed, 2008 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind, arrested in Pakistan
July 17 (PTI) - Hafiz Saeed, 2008 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief, was arrested on Wednesday by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Pakistan’s Punjab Province, officials said. Saeed, who has several cases pending against him, was travelling to Gujranwala from Lahore to appear before an anti-terrorism court when the arrest took place, officials said, adding that he...
China, Pakistan and Russia gain foothold in Afghanistan
Given its goal of quitting Afghanistan the US has set aside conflicts with China, Pakistan and Russia to rope in these countries in a bid to work out a face-saving deal with the Taliban.
Abduct and convert: Plight of Hindus in rural Pakistan
The issue involves not only forced conversion but abduction, violation of the law on the age of marriage and marital rape, says the Pakistani report by Kamal Siddiqi
One in four children in Pakistan will remain uneducated by 2030: UNESCO
July 10 (PTI) - One in four children in Pakistan will not be completing primary education by the 2030 deadline of the world’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to new projections by UNESCO. The new projections of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) show that Pakistan will only be half-way to the target of 12 years of...
Controversies over national symbols in South Asia
These symbols of unity are often subjects of debate and differences and, occasionally, of litigation and boycott.
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