Tag: India
Terror in India: Three killed in blast in Punjab
AFP | Three people were killed in a grenade attack on a prayer congregation in India's Punjab on Sunday which left some 20 others injured,...
India’s rupee hits new record low as RBI holds rates
AFP| India's rupee breached 74 to the dollar for the first time ever on Friday as the country's central bank surprised analysts by holding interest...
UN blasts India’s deportation of Rohingya to Myanmar
AFP| The UN voiced alarm Friday over India's deportation of seven Rohingya men to Myanmar despite warnings they could face persecution in a country where...
Kuldeep’s performance gives India record Test win against West Indies
AFP| Spinner Kuldeep Yadav starred in India's biggest-ever Test triumph as they thrashed the West Indies by an innings and 272 runs inside three days...
Small men occupying big offices: PM tweet blasts Modi
News Analysis | The recent step by the Indian government led by Hindutva leader Narendar Modi has dashed hopes for a reinvigorated Pak-India peace process....
Hope for peace talks tumble as India calls off UNGA meeting
News Analysis | The Indian government has rescinded its decision to accept Pakistan’s proposal for a meeting between the Foreign Ministers on the sidelines of...
The graveyard of Indian tanks: the battles in the Sialkot sector...
Saleem Akhtar Malik | In this sector Pakistan’s 15 Division, consisting of four infantry brigades (24,101,104, and 115) and 6 Armoured Division, faced Indian I...
What happened on the Kasur front in the 1965 war?
Saleem Akhtar Malik | In this sector, Pakistan’s 11 Division (21, 52, and 106 Brigade), with under command 15 Lancers and 32 TDU* were pitted against...
How Pakistan planned and prepared for the 1965 war against a...
Saleem Akhtar Malik l Planning and Preparation Force Ratios War plans are based on the threat assessment. Let us have a look at the relative force ratios...
China denies opening a military base in Afghanistan but the idea...
News Analysis | A Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post reported that China is planning to establish a military base in the Wakhan corridor,...
Indian shock at rape and sexual assault cases emerging from Churches...
News Analysis | The Indian Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday expressed shock at the rape and sexual assault cases which are emerging from churches in...
Indian among 3 foreigners killed in Afghanistan
News Analysis | Three foreign nationals working for French catering company Sodexo were abducted and killed in Kabul on Thursday, deepening concerns about security of...
Indian women shelters closed as massive cases of abuse and disappearances...
News Analysis | Police in eastern India have sealed a shelter for destitute women amid reports that 11 of the women are missing, police said...
4 million mainly Muslims stripped of Indian citizenship
News Analysis | More than four million people were excluded from a draft list of citizens released on Monday by a census official for India’s...
What Imran Khan means to Indian occupied Kashmir
Murtaza Shibli | Ghulam Nabi Ganai, a 67-year-old retired executive engineer, is elated about Imran Khan’s victory. As I enter his home in Frisal, a...
Salman Khan furious over Priyanka Chopra’s withdrawal from Bharat
News Desk | Priyanka Chopra has dropped out of Salman Khan's ‘Bharat'. The news was confirmed by filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar on Friday on Twitter....
Indian police detain 450 after violent minority protests
AFP | Almost 450 people were in custody in the Indian state of Maharashtra on Thursday after clashes between thousands of protestors from the Maratha...
The Match and the Tournament!
Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | It's the last ball of the match and this time Imran has hit it clean out of the ground! It's...
Fault is not in our stars but in ourselves
Bushra Zafar | The fledgling democracy of Pakistan is on the cusp of transition; for the first time institutions are vying for right-sizing. The leaders...
U.S defense and state secretary will travel to India in September
News Analysis | US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo and Defense secretary Jim Mattis will travel to India in September for high-level talks with Indian...
Transformation in global politics
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The transformation in the global politics entailing strategic realignment at the regional and global levels has been ensuing new challenges...
An overview of political landscape of Pakistan – Asif Haroon Raja
Asif Haroon Raja | Birth of Pakistan was seen as a miracle of the 20th century. Its survival under extreme odds was indeed a bigger...
Priyanka Chopra celebrated her 36th birthday with supposed beau Nick Jonas
News Desk | Priyanka Chopra was recently spotted celebrating her birthday with rumored beau Nick Jonas in London. The pictures circulating on social media shows...
India tests Brahmos missile in “extreme conditions”
News Analysis | A BrahMos supersonic missile was successfully test fired by India on July 16 with an aim to "increase its life". The test-firing...
Fear of Khalistan: India demands UK to disallow Social Justice meet
News Analysis | India has issued a demarche to the UK protesting a meeting convened in London by separatist organization Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) next...
Raze Taj Mahal if you can’t restore it: Indian SC to...
News Analysis | Indian judges have threatened to shut the Taj Mahal amid accusations that the authorities have neglected the 17th-century monument. The country's Supreme...
Bollywood biopic celebrates shot Indian hockey hero
AFP | The remarkable story of an Indian hockey player who spent two years out of the game after being accidentally shot before returning to...
WhatsApp offers tips to spot fake news after India murders
News Desk | WhatsApp took out full-page advertisements in Indian newspapers Tuesday offering "easy tips" to identify fact from fiction after a slew of recent murders...
India continues to be threatened by the legacy of Burhan Wani
News Desk | Indian authorities face serious challenges even after imposing a lockdown in Kashmir Valley on Sunday, 8th July, 2018. He was an active...
Rising violence against immigrants in the US
News Analysis | A 25-year-old Indian student was fatally shot in the back during a suspected attempted robbery at a restaurant where he worked in...
India’s muscular Kashmir policy will reap no harvest – Murtaza Shibli
Murtaza Shibli | Last month, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) launched a detailed report on the dire human rights situation in Jammu...
Manifold challenges lie ahead after FATA merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa –...
Rustam Shah Mohmand | At long last Pakistan’s tribal areas have finally been incorporated as an integral part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The area...
India can build on T20 success – Pandya
AFP | Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya says his team’s win in the T20 international series against England is a stepping stone for the upcoming 50...
Saffron terror: retired Indian Colonel among Gauri Lankesh murder suspects
News Analysis | In another breakthrough in the murder investigation of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, the SIT probing the case suspects that four top-level leaders of...
Radicalization trends in South Asia
Asif Haroon Raja | Geo-strategic Importance of South Asia South Asia is house to around 1.5 billion people who represent one quarter of the world’s population....
India slams WhatsApp over deadly rumours
News Desk | India has told WhatsApp to take "immediate action" after a spate of horrific lynchings sparked by false rumours being shared on the...
