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In its current 2020 report, V-Dem is most concerned about the erosion of democracy in India

India tops the list of the most polluted countries in the world in sanitation, water, air, hygiene and even noise

Joe Biden famously told Afghan President to his face that Pakistan is fifty times more important than Afghanistan

Why can’t this nation, politics do away with mediocre, self-serving sub-nationalists who can't see beyond their noses?

Ending the 40-year-long conflict is a dream of the Afghans that would hopefully be realised

People in flood-affected areas need mosquito nets more than food rations

We now have a Naya Pakistan, but our policemen are as undisciplined, brutal, insensitive, incompetent as before

In a country where women are dug up from graves to be raped, the CCPO Lahore questions the victim

Amid rapidly deteriorating relations between the world’s two largest economies

Saudi Arabia is pivotal to the wider Islamic world and Pakistan in particular

Kashmir is another bone of contention between India and Pakistan which gives little hope to Saarc’s revival

In Afghanistan, in just the last 12 months alone, the Kabul regime has changed stances and faces so many times

Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho has opposed the decision to reopen primary schools until the pandemic is over

UNSC rejected a US resolution calling for an extension of arms embargo on Iran

IT minister says that industry could become one of the largest industries in the country

All of us ought to know by now that our problems don’t vanish if we bury our heads in the sand

Current government seems to have no clear plan

If after 70 years state policies have failed to deliver then it is time to turn the policy around

We need to remember that status defines critical friendships and financial clout bestows status

Epidemic curves always fall even if we don’t do anything as the pathogen runs out of vulnerable victims

Americans are notoriously averse to saving money

They are like 'magic bullets fired from a gun' that attack microbes posing a threat to the body

Spoilers will keep casting shadows on efforts of Pakistan, synergy so far to get out of the Grey List should continue

The latest discovery of artefacts at an ancient site will likely open up new job opportunities for archaeologists

The government must bring those students back who have been discharged from Chinese hospitals

Khan was left with few options after being criticised by honourable judges of the top court and Pakistan Bar Council

None of the two mainstream political parties, the PML-N and the PPP, seem interested in mid-term elections

The Federal Bureau of Revenue is in the eye of the storm once again

Trump must push India towards achieving peace in the region by moving from conflict management to conflict resolution

President Trump has his reasons to visit India and Modi has his reasons to host him

China and Pakistan have come to each other’s help in many ways at a number of crucial junctures over the past decades

Indian situation now enters a phase where Modi’s reputation also harms people who have one way or other appeased him

Five other countries have also reported infected cases, all linked to travel

It is about time the government introduces or amends laws to enforce greater gun control

Will India’s top court stand on the right side of history and revoke Modi’s power grab?

The world is yet to see something substantial on New Delhi from the Trump administration and American Congressmen

The kernel is to counter the typical dictatorial top-down approach with an inclusive bottom-up strategy

India is busy in self-immolation but the heat of the inferno will reach across the region

For a Hindu democrat, any dissenting voice against this journey is unwelcomed

An alarming water quality report says clean drinking water is increasingly becoming a scarce resource in the province

The nip in the air – all around – warrants timely steps to ward off its negative fallout

What else would be seen as a tool for violence in this age than information

The pity is that to talk about such matters is akin to hitting one’s head against the wall

The crack of the new morning illuminates the streams out

We cannot keep on losing lives to such a preventable problem

It is hard to say at this time in which direction Afghanistan will turn after the elections

Results about Punjab’s soil fertility have come to light in a survey, stirring concerns about future of crop yields

KL Summit surely has exposed how divided the Muslim world is

It may seem counterintuitive given our experience, but no one really wants to leave their home

One is invariably left to wonder: does anyone ever read the wretched things?