Pakistan
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South Asia
India-Pakistan War: Satire, Sarcasm, and Social Media
AI-generated image of US President Trump wearing a traditional turban showing him as tribal chief. By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative Islamabad: In a tense and unprecedented episode, India and Pakistan engaged in a four-day period of military duress that many called an undeclared war. While the world watched anxiously,…
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India, Pakistan agree to ceasefire: “Agreement to halt gunfire and military actions”
Breaking news about India-Pakistan ceasefire By Lee Sang-kiAJA Founder, AsiaN Editor-in-Chief SEOUL: India and Pakistan, who had been on the brink of full-scale war amid ongoing military clashes, dramatically agreed to a ceasefire on the afternoon of the 10th (local time). Nasir Aijaz, Pakistan Bureau Chief of The AsiaN and…
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People
India, Pakistan carry out airstrikes on airbases
Pakistan fires missiles on Indian air bases – Photo courtesy of Radio Pakistan website By Nasir aijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has initiated retaliatory action in response to the ongoing Indian aggression in the wee hours of Saturday, according to Radio Pakistan, the state-run broadcasting house. The operation has…
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Pakistan shoots down 25 Israeli-made Harop drones used by India
Parts of Indian drone being collected in Karachi city in Sindh By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Amidst reports of contact between the National Security Advisors of two rival countries, India continues drone attacks targeting various locations in Pakistan, including Karachi, the southern port city, capital of Sindh province, and…
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Pakistan, India National Security Advisors contact after missile attacks
Ishaq Dar – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The National Security Advisers (NSAs) of Pakistan and India have spoken following New Delhi’s unprovoked missile strikes on Pakistan. “There has been contact between the two,” Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq…
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Politics
8 killed, 33 civilians injured in India missile strikes on Pakistan
Photo: Dawn newspaper By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: At least eight innocent civilians, including two minor girls, were killed and another 33 injured in missile strikes launched by India under ‘Operation Sindoor’ on the night of May 6, 2025. The Indian missiles targeted six places in Kotli and Muzaffarabad…
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People
Pakistan plunges into water-war-like situation!
Protest in Sindh: A little boy sitting at a blocked road By Nasir Aijaz,The AsiaN Representative KARACHI / ISALAMABAD: While the Pakistan government is faced with internal strife over its own controversial projects of constructing six new canals from Indus River and grabbing the land for military backed companies, that…
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Massacre in the Meadow: Kashmir’s worst civilian attack in years shakes the region’s fragile calm
A Kashmiri boy holds a candle during a candlelight vigil in the wake of a deadly attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, in front of the Ghanta Ghar clock tower in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 23 April 2025. (Photo : EPA/Yonhap) By Gunjeet Sra NEW DELHI: It…
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Business
Pakistan, Azerbaijan sign MoU for collaboration in advanced agriculture research
By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative KARACHI, PAKISTAN: In a significant move to advance international scientific cooperation, Sindh Agriculture University (SAU), one of the oldest universities of Pakistan, and the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies (IMBB) operating under the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, have…
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Pakistan court sentences five to death on blasphemy charges
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: A local court in Rawalpindi, twin city of the country’s capital Islamabad, convicted five men for committing blasphemy on social media and handed them death sentences on March 25, 2025. The court ordered that the convicts “be hanged” by neck until death. Additional…
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