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Late freedom fighter still relevant in Pakistan’s troubled times

by Rahim Nasar December 3, 2020December 3, 2020

December 2, 2020, was the 47th death anniversary of Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai, the father of modern Pashtun nationalism, pioneer of the “one man one vote” idea in early Pakistani politics, and the first to coin the political term “Pashtunkhwa” in the united Indian subcontinent. Samad Khan Achakzai was in the front lines of the freedom movement against […]

India, South Asia

Six more die in India during clashes over citizenship law

by Jalees Andrabi, Bhuvan Bagga and Nishant Saxena December 21, 2019February 18, 2020

How Pakistan descended into poverty

by Atta Rasool Malik January 23, 2019January 30, 2019

Pakistani men sit near a poster of Pakistan's cricketer-turned politician and head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) party Imran Khan, in Islamabad on July 30, 2018.Pakistan's World Cup cricket hero Imran Khan is set to become prime minister of the nuclear-armed nation of 207 million, with an economy inching toward crisis and perennial conflict on its borders. Running the country will take considerable statecraft from Khan's relatively inexperienced party. He brings charisma, international name recognition and a sizeable election victory, though not enough to form a majority government. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

PTI’s Independence Day gift: ‘Naya Pakistan’

by Zamir Awan August 13, 2018

Members of the Rajput community protest against the release of the upcoming Bollywood movie 'Padmaavat' in Mumbai on January 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Danish Siddiqui

Bangladesh, European Union, India, Middle East, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

History remains elusive as India battles violence over fictional movie

by Mohan Guruswamy January 25, 2018

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for the media outside Hyderabad House in Delhi on September 14, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Cathal McNaughton

Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Trade anomalies and Ashraf Ghani’s refusal to join CPEC

by Roohul Amin October 31, 2017

A good time to talk. The conference room used for meetings between military commanders of China and India, at the Indian side of the Indo-China border at Bumla, in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, November 11, 2009. Reuters/Adnan Abidi

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Bhutan, China, European Union, India, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Does India have a history of being the aggressor with China?

by Richard King August 11, 2017August 11, 2017

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