Pakistan, India to hold high-level water talks in US in April
Islamabad--Following the intervention of the US and the World Bank, India and Pakistan will be returning to the negotiating table over the disputed hydropower...
Hindu Marriage Bill in Pakistan now law
Islamabad-- President Mamnoon Hussain on Sunday gave his approval to the Hindu Marriage Bill, 2017 on the advice of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, turning...
Sufi shrine devotees defy terror, Pakistan cracks down
Karachi--As Pakistan launched a nationwide crackdown after a horrific suicide bombing that killed nearly 90 people at a Sufi shrine, revered by Shias, in...
Islamic State bombing hits Pakistan Sufi shrine, kills 72
Karachi-- A devastating explosion, claimed by the Islamic State, ripped through a Sufi shrine in Sehwan town of Pakistan's Sindh province on Thursday, killing...
Co-sponsoring Karachi literature festival exposes government’s duplicity: Congress Party
New Delhi-- The Congress Party on Monday hit out at the Centre over the ICCR's role in co-sponsoring the Karachi Literature Festival, saying it...
Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry to be Pakistan’s new envoy to US
Islamabad-- Pakistani Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry, who is set to be replaced with envoy to India Abdul Basit, is headed for Washington -- as...
US travel ban on Pakistan would be counterproductive, says Minister
Islamabad-- A Pakistani Minister has said that including the country in a list of those whose citizens have been temporarily barred from visiting the...
Pakistan to screen Bollywood films
Islamabad-- Two days after Pakistan agreed to lift a ban on Indian films after months of suspension, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry issued a...
Looking Back, Informing the Future: The 1947 Partition of British India
By Tarun Khanna
(Editor's note: Tarun Khanna is Director of the South Asia Institute and Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School. Under...
American Kashmiri group hopes for Trump’s mediation
Washington--The US-based World Kashmir Awareness organisation expressed the hope that the US President-elect Donald Trump would help resolve long-standing Kashmir dispute to establish durable...