South Asia Politics News

India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi have entered the doubles finals of the ATP Challenger here. The third-seeded India-Pakistan pair rallied to beat the wilcard pair of Karol Beck of Slovakia and Jiri Krkoska of the Czech Republic 3-6,...

Afghanistan — An American military detention camp in Afghanistan is still holding inmates for sometimes weeks at a time and without access to the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to human rights researchers and former detainees held at...

Chabad of Hawaii will hold a memorial service tomorrow for victims of terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, a year ago. Local speakers and a televised broadcast with international dignitaries will be featured in the 9:30 a.m. program at the Chabad...

Pakistan's president relinquished command of its nuclear arsenal and signaled he was ready to shed more power as he faces growing pressure to resign. The move came as an amnesty protecting President Asif Ali Zardari and thousands of others from...

The twin cities Islamabad and Rawalpindi are giving a deserted look as majority of people have left for their native hometown to celebrate Eid-ul- Azha. Balochistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) are rendering services in government, semi-government and different...

He said, "Between 1966-2009, he may have weathered many political storms but what is going on within the family is bound to have an impact." He added, "When Meenatai (wife of Bal Thackeray) was alive, there was always a sense...

Headley cut a dash whenever he passed through India on business. The 49-year-old son of a Pakistani diplomat and American socialite patronised elite establishments and mingled in high society during his nine visits in the past three years, ostensibly while...

Eid-ul-Azha is being celebrated today (Saturday) throughout the country with religious zeal and fervour in commemoration of the supreme sacrifice offered by Hazrat Ibrahim Khalilullah (AS) and his son Hazrat Ismail Zabiullah (AS) in the fulfilment of the divine order....

At this moment, the people want a solution through dialogue," Maoist leader Bikash said. He claimed that resistance was continuing since the central and state governments did not show willingness for peace by accepting demands for release of those arrested...