JuD chief Hafiz Saeed placed under house arrest
Pakistan Authorities have placed Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Professor Hafiz Muhammad Saeed under house arrest. The provincial authorities on Monday issued orders to place Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed under house...
Sino-US Relations and Trump’s Asia Policy
Sporadic tensions and volatility are not new in Sino-American relations. Both major powers diverge on a wide range of geopolitical and strategic issues such as the Terminal High Altitude...
Indian unease over Nepal-China joint military exercise
(Exclusive): China and Nepal are soon to have joint military exercise ostensibly focusing on counter terrorism and disaster management. This is the first such exercise in the history of the...
U Ko Ni: Remembering a powerful voice against oppression
This week people in Myanmar were forced to confront the kind of country that it is becoming. On 29 January 2017, U Ko Ni, a prominent lawyer and legal...
Pakistan turns down India’s invite to Speakers’ Summit
Amidst chill in Indo-Pak ties, Pakistan has declined an invitation by Indian Parliament and Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to attend South Asian Speakers’ Summit to be held next month. “Pakistan...
Pakistan says US visa policy will harm anti-terror unity
Pakistan on Monday said the United States' policies under the new administration of President Donald Trump will affect international unity against terrorism.
President Donald Trump on Friday put a four-month...
Reserve Bank of India Lifts ATM Cash Withdrawal Limits from Feb 1
The Reserve Bank of India or RBI Monday said it has lifted a limit on daily cash withdrawal from current accounts, cash credit accounts and overdraft accounts with immediate...
Trump’s travel ban
THE decision to temporarily curb all manner of entry into the United States for citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries has evoked a fierce backlash in many countries — though,...
Trump administration for aggressive policy on Pakistan?
The Trump administration is showing glimpses of a possible hardline policy against Pakistan. After Trump hinted at his stern attitude about Pakistan in a recent interview with ABC news,...
The Southasian Sensibility: A Himal Reader
THIS is a book that should find a place on the shelf of anyone interested in South Asia as a region, the pulls and pressures that have influenced it...
Shariah-Complaint Banking: Well worth a try
Poor and middle-class people, cutting across caste, class and community, were hit hard by the Narendra Modi government’s demonetisation decision, but the Muslim community was the worst affected. This...
Navigating through the do’s and don’ts
Every budget is determined by the context and the context is determined by the circumstances — economic, political and the year in the term of the government. Budget 2017-18...
Iran seeks strategic depth in Pakistan ties
The statement in Islamabad on Wednesday by Alaeddin Broujerdi, chairman of the Iranian parliament’s committee on foreign and security policies, while on a 3-day visit to Islamabad, to the...
Not torture, really? Justifying police action uncalled for
We were informed by the home minister, much to our dismay, that the police do not torture journalists. Apparently what happened during the half-day peaceful protest on January 27...
Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017: Ram Mandir again in BJP manifesto
The BJP's manifesto for Uttar Pradesh is a list of pledges for parivartan or change, instead of a list of promises, with nine heads under which are development reforms...
FC recovers huge quantity of arms, ammunition from BLA hideout
The personnel of Frontier Corps (FC) with the assistance of intelligence agencies recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition hidden at the hideout of proscribed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA)...
China’s modern ‘Silk Road’ plans discussed at Yangon meeting
A recent briefing looking at China’s One Belt One Road strategy and Myanmar opportunities was held at the Rose Garden Hotel in Yangon.
The Briefing was well attended, with over...
NLD Legal Advisor U Ko Ni Assassinated
Prominent NLD legal advisor U Ko Ni was gunned down in the car parking area at Rangoon International Airport as he returned Sunday afternoon from Indonesia. The shooter has...
India violates ceasefire at LoC again, resorts to unprovoked firing
Indian Border Security forces on Sunday once more violated the Line of Control ceasefire and resorted to unprovoked firing, the ISPR said.
According to the ISPR, Pakistan Army befittingly responded...
India giving military contract to local private companies
For the first time India is delegating major military contract to domestic private companies. This is being considered a major shift in India's defense policy. This will be different...
How South Asia will be affected by a US-Russia-China Alliance?
Since US administration started working under Trumps presidency, it is not still clear how their foreign policy will be. However president Trump did signal something that can have a...