Political bigwigs suffer shocking defeats in Pakistan polls
Islamabad-- Many political bigwigs in Pakistan suffered shocking defeats in the national elections even as votes were still being counted, with former Prime Ministers Shahid...
Transgenders not allowed to vote, observers barred in Pakistan
Lahore--For the first time in Pakistan's political history, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)gave the duty of "observers" during polling to members of the...
Study: Climate action can limit Asia’s growing water shortages
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Even “modest” action to limit climate change could help prevent the most extreme water-shortage scenarios facing Asia by the year 2050,...
Six Indians abducted in Afghanistan, Taliban blamed
Kabul-- Militants abducted seven people, including six Indians, on Sunday in Afghanistan's Baghlan province, officials said, adding that talks were on to get them freed.
The...
US to impose restrictions on Pakistani diplomats in Washington
Islamabad--Pakistan on Thursday confirmed that the US will impose restrictions on the movement of the country's diplomats and consular staff in Washington from May...
The Tragic Birth of India, Pakistan: Getting to the why of British India’s bloody...
Using new technology and techniques, scholars seek answers for 1947 cataclysm that killed millions
By Alvin Powell
Harvard Staff Writer
The birth of Hindu-led India and Muslim-ruled...
US adds Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba front, Milli Muslim League, to terrorist list
By Arul Louis
New York--Closing Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) loopholes, the US has taken aim at its political party, the Milli Muslim League (MML), and seven leaders,...
World’s Youngest Nobel Laureate Malala makes tearful return to Pakistan
Islamabad--Nobel peace laureate and young education activist Malala Yousafzai made a tearful return to Pakistan on Thursday in her first visit to her native...
Hindus in Bangladesh fast dwindling: Human rights activist
Kozhikode, Kerala-- The Hindus of Bangladesh were dwindling with their strength decreasing from one-third in 1947 to one-fifteenth in 2016, said a human rights activist...
Pakistan elects first Hindu Dalit woman to Senate
Islamabad--Rights activist Krishna Kumari Kohli has became the first-ever Hindu Dalit woman to be elected to Pakistan's Senate, media reports said on Sunday.
The 39-year-old...