The prospect of free trade in the subcontinent is expected to stamp-out illegal trade and the routing of goods through third countries leading in the long-term to benefits for all in the region.
This town after all
Why doesn't it say something
This town after all
Why does it lie
In the map of our Hindostan
– Rahul Rajesh in Hindi poem,
The recent formation of a government in Sindh involved hectic manipulations by Islamabad and low connivance at the provincial level. Out of the ensuing muddle of volatile and unstable alliances emerged a 31-year-old chief minister with little clout, a 38-year-old governor who just returned to Pakist
Nepal has been following the authoritarian lead of Pakistan since the 1960s. It is time to stop doing so.
Even while the India-Pakistan treaty for sharing the Indus waters remains operational, the provinces of Pakistan are squabbling. Mostly, it is Sindh vs. Punjab.
Amidst the many political problems that
The tragedy in the northern-western quarter of South Asia came closer to being converted into a catastrophe for all of South Asia during the month of May. For, let us
The Chief Executive of Pakistan has decided to stop courting the West and focus on internal politics, but this brings him squarely up against the religious right. Meanwhile, the liberals
Shobhano Bhattacharji, o Delhi-based educationist, visits Lahore and Islamabad with a group of Indian women interested in peace with Pakistan. This was the first crossing of so-called peace groups after