The Pakistan government is currently negotiating a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to secure a bailout which it argues is needed to keep its economy afloat. Officials are in talks with the financial institution to unlock the remaining $3 billion from a $6 billion loan programme which the Imran Khan led government agreed with the IMF in 2019. The country is currently grappling with a huge economic crisis…

The Indian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that a group of diplomats have travelled to Kabul to meet with officials of the Islamic Emirate and review the humanitarian aid. Abdul Qahar Balkhi, the spokesman for the Taliban’s Foreign Ministry, also tweeted that the meeting between J.P. Singh, Joint Secretary of the Indian Foreign Ministry, and Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban Minister of Foreign Affairs, focused on bilateral relations and…

Recently, Narendra Modi’s government found itself in trouble after some of its members made disparaging remarks against the Messenger of Allah (saw). In a bid to extricate himself from the growing fury in the Muslim world, Modi swiftly moved to suspend the guilty BJP officials but this did little to stymie the criticism against his regime. [The Times]

Rice prices fall when the products of the Boro (March- May) season arrive in the market, but this time the staple is getting costlier. Wholesalers say the mills have raised prices. The mill owners have blamed a rise in the prices of paddy this season for the spike in rice prices.....