#southasia

News Desk Stockholm: Pakistan and India continue to expand their nuclear arsenals amid a broader global resurgence in nuclear competition, according to the latest annual report released by the Stockholm International Peace Research…

Shoaib Ullah Islamabad: Balochistan does not simmer. It burns slowly, deliberately, and with the patience of a people who have been waiting for over seven decades to be heard.It is tempting to frame the Balochistan crisis as a…

Nadeem Khan Quetta: In Pakistan’s southwest city of Quetta, dust often hangs visibly in the air. For many residents, breathing has become a daily struggle, especially for children suffering from asthma.Outside the doctor’s room at…

Sher Ahmed DurraniQuetta: The politics of Balochistan has long been discussed through the lens of the Baloch national question. Yet an equally important conversation remains insufficiently explored: the growing sense of political,…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: A 29-year-old Bangladeshi citizen has lodged a formal complaint with the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad against a Pakistani citizen, Sharjeel, alleging serious offences including harassment, rape,…

News DeskLahore: The provincial capital once again ranked as the world’s most polluted major city on Saturday morning after its air quality plunged into the “hazardous” category, according to Swiss monitoring platform IQAir.At…

News DeskIslamabad: The United States has approved the sale of state-of-the-art air-to-air missiles to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), signalling a revival of defense collaboration between the two countries after years of limited…

APPIslamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday met Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh, and reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to building constructive and forward-looking relations with Dhaka…

Dr IkramullahPeshawar: South Asia has recently seen powerful youth-led movements, with Nepal and Bangladesh standing out as examples where younger generations rose against injustice and forced political change.Whether such…

News Desk Islamabad: A wave of sudden celebrity deaths in South Asia—reportedly due to heart attacks—has ignited a firestorm of speculation online, with many social media users attributing the incidents to anti-aging treatments and…