投稿者: Hannah Ellis-Petersen, south Asia correspondent
Former PM, once military’s golden boy, has been sentenced in two separate cases to 10 and 14 yearsThe script seems eerily familiar. Imran Khan, once the golden boy of Pakistan’s powerful military establishment, found himself at the receiving end of not…
Ruling against Khan and wife Bushra Bibi comes just a day after a 10-year sentence was handed down, and just before Pakistan goes to the polls in a general electionPakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in jail in a …
Former Pakistan PM condemned trial as ‘a joke’ amid crackdown on his political party in run-up to electionPakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for leaking official secrets, amid a crackdown on his political…
Region is divided between three countries and has a long history of resistance against PakistanMiddle East crisis – live updatesBalochistan is a region with a distinct cultural and historical identity that is now divided between three countries: Pakist…
Drone and missile attacks in Sistan and Balochistan province come after Iran struck sites inside PakistanMiddle East crisis: live updatesPakistan has launched retaliatory strikes against militants in Iran in response to attacks by Tehran that targeted …
Maldivian envoy summoned and flights suspended after insults about Indian PM’s visit to Lakshadweep islandsA row has erupted between India and the Maldives after the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, visited the Indian islands of Lakshadweep to pro…
The 2019 attacks killed 269 people, but investigators say search for answers obstructed under ex-president Gotabaya RajapaksaAccusations are growing that the former Sri Lankan government, led by strongman president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, blocked an invest…
Search also carried out on office of news website under investigation for allegedly receiving funds from ChinaPolice have carried out early morning raids on a news portal office and the homes of almost 50 journalists, activists and comedians across Ind…
Escalating violence comes at a time when the economy is in tatters and the caretaker government powerlessThe scenes of horror pictured on Friday have become all too familiar in Pakistan. This time it was a twin attack. A procession to mark the birthday…
Pro-China presidential candidate Mohamed Muizzu accuses incumbent Mohamed Solih of allowing traditional benefactor India too much influence As the archipelago of the Maldives goes to an election run-off on Saturday, it will not just be two presidentia…
Khalistani groups who want independence of Punjab accuse India of killings in UK and elsewhereCanada and India make tit-for-tat envoy expulsions over killing of Sikh leaderMonths before Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead in a carpark in Canada, three o…
Some say use of ‘Bharat’ is move to finally throw off colonial chains, others call it disastrous Narendra Modi vanity projectIndia or Bharat? As the history books show, this is a question that goes back centuries.As India prepares to host the G20 summi…
While online shopping explodes in the world’s biggest country, traditional companies are struggling to adaptThe apps are there for whatever you need: an extra mango, a carton of milk, a pint of ice-cream or a replacement phone cable for the one your do…
As violence between the Meitei and Kuki communities continues in north-east India, campaigners criticise the authorities’ reaction and both sides warn of civil war Manipur is a state in north-east India with a population of more than three million. It …
The Biden administration will try to strengthen US-India ties while the Indian leader looks to shore up votes for next year’s electionThe symbolism of the visit will be hard to avoid. As Narendra Modi arrives in Washington DC on Wednesday – the capital…