Region

When it comes to Afghanistan, Pakistan faces a tricky balancing act: striving for quick, tactical wins while also making sure they don’t cause long-term regional instability

The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party has secured all five mayoral offices and established strong majorities on every city council, making the outlook for President Mohamed Muizzu quite challenging

Is President Dissanayake’s government’s deeply entrenched political order, or is it quietly becoming part of the very system it promised to dismantle?

The new Nepalese government, led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah, has, within a few weeks of assuming office, been rattled by numerous ministerial resignations, legal controversies, and growing frustration among Generation Z over employment opportunities, transparency, and unmet expectations

Bangladesh finds itself navigating a balancing act, with the BNP encouraging a steady, step-by-step legislative approach, while the NCP calls for a more full-hearted implementation of the July Charter

Bangladeshi civil servants are now being trained at the Civil Services Academy in Pakistan. Does it truly reflect a heartfelt reunion of shared history, or is it mainly just a practical, transactional arrangement between Pakistan and Bangladesh?

India’s Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) is quickly growing into a vibrant, youth-led movement that passionately calls for greater visibility, fair representation, and accountability

By championing what it calls a long-overdue cultural revival, the BJP has steadily dismantled the old political establishment, pushing traditional opposition parties to the margins

Since a mature democracy allows disagreement, Pakistan’s democratic stability does not require PPP and PML-N to love each other

Pakistan’s northern territories are no longer silent frontiers. They are young, connected, politically conscious and increasingly unwilling to be treated as peripheral trophies.

We allocate less than 0.8% of the GDP to education, but take pride in serving the destitute, with Rs 838 billion earmarked for the Benazir Income Support Programme

The U.S.-Iran confrontation serves as a stark reminder that Pakistan’s energy security is inseparable from developments across the Gulf

The continued reliance on petroleum levies, regulatory duties, and broad-based indirect taxation suggests a narrow, administratively convenient approach rather than a coherent strategy for structural transformation

Here’s the Charter for Karachi, initiated by the Concerned Citizens’ Alliance and Karachi’s civil society organisations and activists, outlining key guidelines and commitments and calling for accountable governance, empowered local government, and a better quality of life for all. Let’s explore the key ideas to understand how we can all contribute to making Karachi an even better place for everyone.

The proposed 28th amendment is supposedly set to knock down everything

The gradual strangulation of the judiciary and the politicization of the judicial system undermine the integrity of judges, reducing their role to that of mere civil servants

The stabilizing yet harsh reality is that Pakistan is not emerging as a new pole of power, as it merely functions as a corridor for negotiation within someone else’s system of power

With bulldozers for the poor and committees for the rich, Islamabad risks becoming a city where the rule of law remains negotiable for the powerful but absolute for the

The operationalisation of the Pakistan-Iran-Central Asia transport corridor is a significant milestone for regional connectivity, reflecting a major step forward in recent years

India’s strategic silence regarding the Iran-U.S. conflict does not represent neutrality. Rather, it constitutes a strategic abdication concealed under the guise of diplomacy.

India’s 2026 Assembly elections show that voters are increasingly leaning towards balanced governance, regional representation, and political diversity

At the core of the Bangladesh-India conflict lies a simple fact: India needs to learn that true friendship cannot depend on alignment with a single leader or party

Salma Siddiqua Mahtab, Additional Secretary in Bangladesh’s Health Services Division, talks to SouthAsia Magazine in this exclusive interview with Syed Zeeshan Ahmed and Syed Zain Akhtar