Pakistan

Pakistan parliament approves extending term of army chief

Lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favour of extending Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa's tenure by three more years.

Pakistan walks a tightrope as US-Iran tensions boil over

An escalated conflict between the US and Iran will reverberate in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Qasem Soleimani's disastrous Syria legacy lives on

Idlib today bears the brunt of the Assad regime's Soleimani-inspired scorched earth strategy which will blight Syria for a long time to come.

Another India-Pakistan conflict is just a populism-driven decision away

Narendra Modi and Imran Khan may be tempted to escalate the hitherto limited warfare in disputed Kashmir, both to distract public opinion away from domestic governance failures, and to reinforce their ideological claims to power.

As protests continue in India, victims of police violence speak up

India's new citizenship law and its plan to conduct nationality tests sparked popular fury across the country, which the far-right BJP government is trying to muzzle with brute force.

Pakistani media mogul rejects rape accusations by filmmaker

Dawn newspaper's Hameed Haroon has denied accusations he raped Jamshed Mahmood Raza, an acclaimed filmmaker known as Jami.

Will there be peace in Afghanistan anytime soon?

Afghans are waiting for the outcome of endless meetings between the United States and the Taliban.

Citizenship law 'stepping stone to Holocaust': Indians continue protests

Demonstrations continue against controversial law seen anti-Muslim even as leader of volatile northern state and hardline Hindu monk, Yogi Adityanath, defends mass arrests, sealing of properties, and heavy fines, to quell protests.

Is it time for a new OIC?

The Saudi-led OIC must recognise the desire for autonomy and real change in Muslim countries or risk being replaced by new actors.

Pakistan thank Sri Lanka for Test cricket visit after militant attack

The series marked Pakistan's first tests on home soil since the 2009 militant attack on Sri Lanka's team bus in Lahore. Pakistan won the series 1-0 following the rain-ravaged draw in the first Test in Rawalpindi.

Pakistan says Indian shooting kills three civilians in Kashmir

Officials say mortars fired by Indian troops into Pakistan-administered Kashmir targeted civilians and damaged nearly a dozen homes. Meanwhile, Pakistanis in capital Islamabad rally in support of the people of Kashmir.

Muslim nations consider gold, barter trade to beat sanctions – Malaysia PM

Islamic summit ends in Malaysia with PM Mahathir Mohamad saying Iran, Malaysia, Turkey, and Qatar are considering "trading using the gold dinar and barter" as a hedge against any future economic sanctions.