BANGKOK (AP) — India's missile and bomb strikes on targets in Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir have spiked tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors, with Pakistan's leader calling the attacks an act of war. Claims about the initial ...

The World Bank recently released a comprehensive review of Pakistan’s poverty and welfare trends since the early 2000s. The assessment has raised concerns about Pakistan’s economy, saying that the country’s once-effective poverty alleviation efforts ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... On April 16, 2025, Pakistan’s army chief, General Asim Munir, delivered a speech at the Overseas Pakistani Convention in Islamabad. Munir delivered a speech blending Islamic revivalism and ...

As military tensions continue to flare up between India and Pakistan, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed earlier this week to stop water from crossing the border into Pakistan, saying "India's water will be used for India's interests." On April ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan have been holding peace talks in Istanbul, Turkey, as a tenuous ceasefire holds following cross-border clashes that left dozens of people dead and hundreds wounded. Here's a look at what's been going on between Pakistan and ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Vinay Kwatra, Indian ambassador to the U.S., about the violent conflict between India and Pakistan. What's the right way to describe the situation unfolding right now between India and Pakistan? Crisis? Brink of all-out war?

Fisherman standing on their boat in search of fishes in the Indus River in Jamshoro district in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on May 6, 2025. Pakistan has warned of a full force response to any attempt by India to divert or block its share of water under the Indus ...

After four days of deadly fighting between India and Pakistan that seemed near the edge of catastrophe, the two sides abruptly agreed to a U.S.-brokered cease-fire on Saturday. The conflict began with an April terrorist attack by Pakistani militants in the ...

Former Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani discusses the evolving dynamics of US-Pakistan-India relations, Pakistan’s military influence on foreign policy, regional terrorism challenges, and the prospects for South Asian integration.

PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi may reconsider his stance on engaging with India at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 after Bangladesh's elections on February 12.