Tag: South Asia

STOCKHOLM: States in Asia and Oceania received 40 per cent of global arms imports in 2014-18, but there was a decrease of 6.7 per...

--‘Regional cooperation necessary to face common challenges in South Asia’ ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a conference unanimously said on Wednesday that China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) offers...

ISLAMABAD: Leading international experts believe that while regional security was being adversely impacted by India-Pakistan rivalry, it has now been further complicated by the rivalries...

Pakistani professional squash player Noreena Shams on October 2 addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRCPR) and talked about issues of harassment in...

Deputy spokesperson calls Antonio Guterres’ trip to Sikh pilgrimage site in Amritsar ‘essentially a personal one’ UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to India...

-- ‘China is furthering the objective of peace, prosperity and economic development under Belt and Road Initiative’ ISLAMABAD: Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing has lauded Prime...

ISLAMABAD: British High Commissioner Thomas Drew is encouraging journalists from across Pakistan to apply for the UK government’s prestigious Chevening South Asia Journalism Programme (SAJP)...

WASHINGTON: United States (US) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Alice Wells said that the US is keen to work with Pakistan to achieve stability and peace...

JOHANNESBURG: Our way of coming to the sub-continent needs to adapt,” said Faf du Plessis, the South Africa captain, after his team were swept...

Raza Rumi’s book identifies roots of civilization and culture that once part of Pakistan’s social discourse ISLAMABAD: Panelists at a book launch ceremony here lamented...

ISLAMABAD: Like Janus, the Greek god, the South Asian monsoon has two faces, according to a report by researchers from Germany in journal Science. The report...

BEIJING: India's domestic politics have many structural issues and with a looming economic crisis and lack of jobs, the country needs investment urgently, so...

LAHORE: Pakistani background singer Naseebo Lal hopes that she will go on to be considered as one of the greatest singers of South Asia. During an interview...

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said on Thursday that India should extend cooperation with South Asian countries. “The key to cooperation with South Asian countries is...

  PESHAWAR: Speakers at a national seminar here on Monday said that Kashmir was an unfinished part of the partition of sub-continent and durable peace...

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Friday said that the parliamentary leadership along with the experts would successfully and effectively consider the common key...

  ISLAMABAD: US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Monday met Pakistan’s civilian and military leaders and urged them “redouble” their efforts to rein in militants...