Message for Modi from Sharif's visit

The biggest success of Nawaz Sharif’s visit to India is that it will lessen mistrust between the two countries, writes Amir Mateen from Islamabad. As Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif......

A Pakistani view of the Indian elections

Namo, Namo as India's prime minister? Not yet, says Pakistan-based journalist Amir Mateen. The safest assessment about India's upcoming Lok Sabha elections is: it's all about whether Narendra Modi......

Diary of a Pakistani journalist in India

In this, the conclusion of his four-part series that gives a Pakistani perspective on India's politics, society and economy, Amir Mateen talks of how a common history, language and culture binds......

A Pakistani journalist's India diary, part III

In the third of his four-part series that gives a Pakistani perspective on India's politics, society and economy, Amir Mateen recalls an Indian Sikh's lament, "Why does Pakistan not allow us to......