Niha Dagia

The banned far-right party has considerable support in politically significant Punjab.

Despite vaccine hesitancy and a shortage of doses, South Asian countries have fared fairly well in vaccinating their populations.

As in many other parts of the world, Pakistan’s anti-vaxxers are turning to fake vaccine certificates to dodge government restrictions on unvaccinated individuals.

Experts say to maintain influence Washington “will need at a minimum to recognize the Taliban government.”

The Afghan National Girls Youth Football team, its coaches, and their families were facing threats from the Taliban.

Kabul’s fall to the Taliban is more the result of the Afghan government’s ineptitude and corruption than the Taliban’s strength.

Mangoes have always been in the frontline of Pakistan’s politics and diplomacy.

The performance of South Asian athletes at the global level is hampered by poor infrastructure and training facilities at home.

Initially, Pakistan’s foreign ministry wrote it off as an accident, but China has described it a terror attack.

Gulf and Western countries require incoming foreign workers to have received vaccines that are in short supply in several developing countries.

Both countries believe that a political settlement in Afghanistan is necessary for regional peace and stability.

The fatality rate trails behind infections, so Pakistan’s morbidity rates will take awhile to fall.