China & India strive to make peace: hold summit after border row
AFP | Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek to repair strained ties at a summit on Friday after an...
Pakistan’s maritime security
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The Indian Ocean Region is having immense political and economic opportunities for Pakistan. The safety of sea-lanes is crucial for...
A rebuttal to Robert L. Grenier piece titled “Afghanistan: The cornerstone of US-Pakistan mistrust?”
Shaukat Qadir | Introduction My brother, a historian, has drummed into me, that those who refer to Afghanistan as ‘unconquerable’ are, either unaware of history...
Black Out: Faiz’s daughter invited and turned away by India
News Analysis | The Daughter of celebrated Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Moneeza Hashmi, who was supposed to speak at Asia Media Summit in Delhi...
India leads Internet shutdowns in South Asia
News analysis | People in South Asian countries experienced at least 97 instances of Internet shutdown, a barometer on freedom of press and expression, between...
How Marx influenced ─ and failed to influence ─ India
Sudheendra Kulkarni | Which political philosopher has left the most widespread influence on the minds of the people around the world in the last hundred-odd...
Mob Justice: Woman lynched in Tamil Nadu
News Analysis | A 65-year-old woman was lynched by a mob in southern India who believed that she was a child trafficker, police said on...
Crimes on women: Third girl burned and raped in India
News Analysis | A teenage girl has been raped and burned alive in India, in the third such attack in a week in the country....
Do-or-die for Gandhi’s Congress in key state battle
AFP | The Congress party, which has dominated Indian politics in the seven decades since independence, will stage a last stand against Prime Minister Narendra...
“We will always fight those who seek Azadi,” Indian Army Chief warns Kashmiris
News Analysis | The Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat, in a message to the Kashmiri youth, has said that Azadi is not possible,...
New violence hits Kashmir as death of tourist condemned
AFP | Hundreds of protesters clashed Tuesday with Indian forces on the third day of deadly troubles in Kashmir as the disputed Himalayan territory reeled...
Indian Paramilitary soldiers killed in the Northeast
News Analysis | A homemade bomb exploded in India's remote Northeast, killing two paramilitary soldiers and wounding two civilians, police said. On Wednesday, rebels exploded...