Accused of murder, money laundering, and terrorism, Altaf Hussain spent decades pulling Karachi’s strings from his British exile. Today he’s down, but not out.

In a telephone interview from his police-ringed home in Lahore, Imran Khan says, “All the movement toward democracy—that is under threat.”

PTI received money from companies and foreigners in violation of funding rules, says election commission

A much-coveted prize of belonging to the elite of Pakistan’s capital city is membership in the Islamabad Club.

Move follows controversy about Modi documentary, which was labelled a ‘propaganda piece’ by New Delhi

The role of the Finance Ministry requires making judgments, weighed by information and economic fundamentals, and translating these into appropriate policy actions. Research and experiences should

A funding squeeze at Indian startups that has already led to layoffs and delayed stock listings is set to worsen as investors reckon with stretched valuations and faltering consumption growth, likely...

A rise in jingoistic nationalism has added a new element of impunity to the behavior of some corporate chiefs.

Holed up at his fortified home in Lahore’s upmarket Zaman Park, Imran Khan is looking increasingly besieged and isolated as Pakistan’s military instigates a sweeping crackdown against the former...

Indian conglomerate rejects accusations of inflating prices in transactions with state utility

The government needs to break its cozy ties with big business — only then can it lay the groundwork for an alternative-asset industry.

Soon after Gautam Adani announced his hostile takeover bid for news broadcaster New Delhi Television Ltd., he was congratulated via tweet by a senior executive at the conglomerate helmed by Mukesh...

South Asia has world’s fastest economic growth but is failing to create jobs, says multilateral lender

Terrorists were blamed when explosives were found in an SUV parked outside billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s home in 2021. The truth was far more alarming.

Despite absence of Putin and Xi and fears countries could fail to agree a joint communique, summit affords president valuable geopolitical clout

US inspectors have in recent months uncovered wide-ranging lapses at factories run by some of India’s biggest pharmaceutical firms, as the world’s top supplier of cheap medicine faces increased...

Firms are finding ways to show their support for LGBTQ workers and clients ahead of a Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage.

Without sea breezes sweeping away the high emissions, the metropolis became trapped in an eye-stinging haze

Confronting its worst fiscal crisis in decades, Pakistan is caught in the crosshairs of a global tussle about who should bail out debt-laden countries.

Temperatures have risen so high that outdoor workers risk their health and dehydrated birds fall from the sky.

Chatbots will soon take over much of the work of human agents, forecasts chief of Indian IT group

As more Indians pursue careers abroad, their parents are choosing purpose-built retirement communities.

It is over 50 years since the fall of Dhaka and the creation of Bangladesh, yet the event remains one of the most painful episodes in the history of Pakistan that weighs heavily on the national

Pakistan’s iron-clad grip on its dollar holdings may be keeping its currency stable, but it’s also hurting local and foreign businesses that are caught between closing and reopening factories as they...

Gautam Adani has slipped out of the list of the world's top 10 richest people and could soon be supplanted as Asia's wealthiest person if shares in his conglomerate continue to slide.

Misguided government efforts to rehabilitate militants have helped fuel recent terrorist activity

Prime minister mobbed by supporters as he files in northern holy city of Varanasi

The maxim "Let the Heavens fall but justice be done" represents a bedrock principle that calls upon a nation to unwaveringly adhere to the rule of law, regardless of consequences. The constitution

The Indian Premier League is turning a once-staid sport into global ratings gold—and a magnet for controversy.

With the private sector’s help, New Delhi has stepped up spending on infrastructure in neighbouring countries

New Delhi-based institute to focus on climate and international politics as other NGOs come under government scrutiny

If the ex-cricketer wins his tussle with the army, he will boost his chances of returning to power

Throughout history, a high level of inflation is one of the most pernicious phenomena that has led to the collapse of empires and the rise of authoritarian regimes. The debasement of the silver

From Khurram Dastgir-Khan, Minister for Power, Islamabad, Pakistan

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to welcome Group of 20 leaders next month, some of the worst religious violence in years threatens to taint his efforts to showcase India as a strategic...

In his magnum opus, "India is Broken," former World Bank economist and visiting Princeton professor Ashoka Mody provides a sensitive and refreshingly different perspective on the political-economic

Enforcement Directorate detains Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal as part of money laundering probe

Standing before Sri Lankan officials and US diplomats in a five-star hotel in Colombo last week, Karan Adani boasted that a newly inked $553 million US government financing deal toward a port...

Walmart’s Flipkart, Google dominate the world’s busiest digital-transaction market, but profits prove elusive.

Sri Lanka is looking to fast-track talks with the International Monetary Fund and agree on a loan by mid-June so that it can then approach other lenders for urgently needed funds.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa vowed to finish the remaining two years in his term despite monthslong street protests calling for his ouster, but won’t stand for re-election as he focuses on fixing a...

Just hours after Indian tax authorities searched the BBC’s offices on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held phone calls with Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron touting record orders of 470 planes by...

US media group will trim financial exposure to what has become a lossmaking venture on the subcontinent

In August, as India’s Adani Group neared the completion of its $10.5 billion purchase of two cement businesses, the conglomerate and its banks put out some particularly complicated filings.

Two months on from its explosive report into Gautam Adani’s acquisitive conglomerate, short seller Hindenburg Research has left the Indian billionaire’s empire chastened and reevaluating its ambiti...

World’s most populous country is emerging as key market for investors but many companies remain tangled in red tape

About two months before India officially reported its first cases of monkeypox, Mumbai doctor Ishwar Gilada urged two of his patients to get tested. Both -- a gay man and a male who identifies as...

Tycoons close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi are taking over news outlets. Journalists say diluted coverage illustrates the taming of India’s once-riotous media.

The city at the heart of the tech industry has gone from bucolic retirement community to overcrowded metropolis in just three decades.

The US withdrawal from Afghanistan after two decades of war opened up an opportunity for China to expand its influence and lock down access to the country’s vast mineral deposits.

Amanullah Mughal has spent the past four decades in Karachi’s Malir neighborhood, in a one time refugee camp that is today a bustling informal settlement housing 150,000 people, many fellow Afghans...

States such as Tamil Nadu and Kerala have long resisted the prime minister’s northern Hindi-speaking BJP

The Indian tycoon’s wealth has tumbled by more than $48 billion this year, with his companies’ shares plunging in the wake of a short-seller report.

A new initiative combines insurance, lending, stock trading and a partnership with BlackRock into a single offering, but details remain scarce.

After decades of shunning alliances, New Delhi is rethinking how to project power on the high seas

Millions have been affected by a catastrophe that the South Asian country’s officials have blamed on climate change.

Gautam Adani’s fortune is gaining on that of Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. Creating a global empire to match may prove harder, though, beyond the political connections of home.

The embattled Indian tycoon wants to modernize Mumbai’s famous Dharavi slum. But how will he resettle a million people?

China has reduced air pollution nearly as much in seven years as the US did in three decades, helping to bring down average global smog levels in the process.

Gautam Adani will still be aggressive and acquisitive, but there may be little overlap with Mukesh Ambani.

India has cleared the purchase of thirty armed drones from the US — its first ever — to boost its sea and land defenses as tensions with neighboring China and Pakistan persist, according to people...

Former prime minister’s political rebirth is putting pressure on the government as economy teeters

As President Rajapaksa prepares to resign, his 36-year-old nephew is looking ahead to the future.

Some analysts are increasingly concerned about lofty valuations and shallow markets

India’s largest cinema chains are banking on American blockbusters and popular local-language films to lure movie fans back to theaters as the industry seeks to overcome challenges from changing...

Ola Electric Mobility Pvt. is in line for an initial public offering sooner than its founder previously imagined, reflecting the Indian startup’s whirlwind pace of growth since it started selling...

Billionaire Gautam Adani’s real estate unit received final approval to start the redevelopment of Dharavi, one of Asia’s largest slums that sits in the heart of Mumbai.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office nearly a decade ago with a goal of privatizing more of India’s floundering state-owned assets. For the nation’s business elite, that message was a clarion...

On this episode of Next in Sports, we meet Anand Mahindra as he tries to push an ancient Indian sport into the Olympics and beyond.

As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Russia’s Vladimir Putin and attends a summit with China’s Xi Jinping on Friday, he’ll need to avoid looking too chummy with the US’s two top adversaries.

Indian companies are looking to bolster their operations in Russia, eyeing the opening left by the exodus of European, American and Japanese companies after the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

The emergency ward at the main government hospital in Sehwan, a small town in southern Pakistan, is overwhelmed.