It is indeed disappointing that South Asia remains the least integrated region of the world. Whereas economic opportunities abound, interstate tensions are working to stymie realization of the potential. No wonder intra-regional trade in South Asia continues to be less than 5 percent.

Are India and Pakistan destined to live in a state of perpetual hostility, or are there reasons to expect the two neighbors could make amends at some point in time? Could they ever move on from mutual animosity to some form of cooperative engagement?

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan paid an official visit to Russia from the 23-24 of February this year. On the same day he was meeting President Putin in the Kremlin, Russian troops invaded Ukraine. 

Set in Indian-administered Kashmir, the recently-released Bollywood movie, ‘The Kashmir Files,’ given its context, has engendered febrile controversy in India. High-octane arguments have been made on both sides of the fence.

Recently, India’s army chief, General MM Naravane stated that India was not averse to the demilitarization of Siachen provided Pakistan agreed to marking the Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL).
Islamabad has so far preferred to ignore the statement at least publicly.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has decided to convene an extraordinary foreign ministerial session to discuss Afghanistan. The event will be hosted in Islamabad on Dec. 19, Pakistan announced this week .