South Asia

Inshal Haider Islamabad: Disasters remain one of the most pressing challenges to human security and sustainable development. Between 2000 and 2023, more than four billion people were affected by disasters, with global economic losses…

News Desk Islamabad: A special report published by Al Jazeera has claimed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decade-long campaign to diplomatically isolate Pakistan has failed, with Pakistan strengthening ties with major world…

News Desk Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed that 11 Indian fighter jets were shot down during the 2025 Pakistan-India military confrontation, as he publicly praised Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan’s…

AFP/APP Islamabad: Bangladesh’s elections next week could reshape South Asia’s strategic balance, as China moves to consolidate its influence while relations between Dhaka and New Delhi show signs of strain, analysts say. The February…

Basit Ali Lahore: Since the advent of the Indo-Pacific construct, minilateralism refers to the genesis of alliances, corridor politics, and strategic goals pertaining to particular fears that include a small number of nations to…

News Desk  Washington: The United States will suspend processing of immigrant visas for applicants from Pakistan and 74 other countries beginning January 21, a State Department spokesperson said Wednesday, as President Donald Trump’s…

News Desk  Islamabad: When Pakistan and India clashed in the skies over South Asia in May 2025, the world’s attention was fixed on who blinked first between two nuclear-armed rivals.  But in the background of that four-day…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: By any measure, May 2025 marked a turning point for Pakistan, not only in military terms, but also in how the country is perceived globally. For years, Pakistan has carried a dual burden: a fragile economy…

Zainab Chaudhary  Islamabad: Certain dates leave a weight on a nation’s memory, and for Pakistan, December 16 is one such day. It marks two tragedies that continue to reverberate decades apart, shaping the collective consciousness of the…

Kashaf Ali Lahore: Every outfit he wears is a simple question: does masculinity have to look only one way? Fashion in South Asia has always been more than fabric. It can praise you or punish you, signal respectability or provoke…