Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s surprise decision about not going ahead with the sit-in at the end of the long march left almost everyone baffled — foes and allies alike — but there is convergence on one thing — the manner in which it all ended, at least for now, carried clear indications of who made it happen.

PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday said his party will move the supreme and high courts regarding the "violence" inflicted on the PTI workers and supporters by the government during its recent Azadi March to Islamabad.

Foreign ministers of Bangladesh and India have shared a common vision of connecting South and Southeast Asia through regional projects of water, rail and roadways, as well as sharing of energy, tourism and telecommunication networks.

The India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative Commission meeting will be held in the middle of June to review the broad sweep of bilateral relations including connectivity, cross-border power trade and commerce, India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said today.

The Joint Consultative Commission meeting, a foreign ministerial-level annual conference between India and Bangladesh which was scheduled for May 30 in Delhi, has been postponed.

Indonesian preacher Abdul Somad Batubara has been in the headlines for being denied entry into Singapore over his extremist teachings.

The Taliban yesterday rejected the UN Security Council’s call to reverse heavy restrictions imposed on Afghan women, dismissing their concerns as “unfounded”.

India is likely to approve the export of one million tonnes of wheat, with half of it to be sent to Bangladesh, amid restrictions imposed on its export.

China and Russia on Thursday vetoed a US-led bid at the United Nations to toughen sanctions on North Korea over its missile launches, laying bare divisions that Western envoys fear would be exploited by Pyongyang.

Japan aims to “drastically strengthen” its military capabilities, according to an economic policy draft seen by Reuters, as officials worry that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could prompt instability in East Asia.

China’s foreign ministry yesterday accused US Secretary of State Antony Blinken of “smearing” the country, after America’s top diplomat delivered a landmark policy speech calling for action to counterbalance Beijing’s influence.

The National Assembly of Pakistan (NA) has passed the Elections (Amendment) Bill 2022, which seeks to remove the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in general elections as well as disallows overseas Pakistanis from voting.

At least seven Indian soldiers were killed and 19 others injured in a road accident in the remote Ladakh region, close to the country’s disputed border with China, police said yesterday.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today (May 27, 2022) left for Guwahati to attend the third edition of international river conference titled, “NADI Conclave”, from May 28-29 that will be inaugurated by his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar.

A court in Kolkata today (May 27, 2022) extended the remand period of former NRB Global Bank MD Prashanta Kumar Halder in a money laundering case.

India’s Supreme Court has directed police forces in all states and federally-run territories to treat sex workers with dignity and not to abuse them, verbally or physically, and observed that every individual in the country has a right to a dignified life under Article 21 of the Constitution.

After capping the export of sugar from June 1, India is likely to consider a similar measure for rice export in order to ensure adequate availability in the domestic market and prevent a price hike, sources said.

The death toll from four bombs that ripped through minibuses and a mosque in Afghanistan has risen to at least 16, officials said yesterday, with some of the

Indian security forces have killed six militants in Kashmir in the past 24 hours while militants shot dead a female TV performer and a police officer, officials said

Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan disbanded a protest march by supporters yesterday after clashes with police outside parliament, but threatened