Category: South Asia
Villagers showcase Indian rural arts and craft traditions at a Delhi festival
Villagers of Mubarakpur of Azamgarh District show the handmade sarees at the Festival of Rural Art and Craft of Azamgarh in New Delhi, capital of India, April 4, 2013. The […]
Rescue workers look for trapped people at a collapsed building in Mumbai
People gather as rescue workers look for trapped people after a building collapsed in Thane, Mumbai, India, Thursday, April 4, 2013. At least thirty persons were killed and twenty missing, […]
Pakistani President prays over the late Bhutto’s grave on his death anniversary
Photo released by Pakistan’s Press Information Department (PID) on April 4, 2013, shows Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari prays over the grave of former Premier Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, father of […]
Protesters demand Sri Lankan cricketers not to participate in IPL
Members of a pro-government civic group Ravana Balaya, or Ravan Force, shout slogans outside the Sri Lanka Cricket office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Protesters demanded Sri […]
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardai administrates oath of interim cabinet
Photo released by Pakistan’s Press Information Department (PID) on April 2, 2013, shows Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardai (L, center) administrating oath of ministers of interim cabinet in Islamabad, capital […]
Indian Tamil movie stars demand a probe into alleged wartime abuses
Indian Tamil movie stars sit during a day-long fast demanding probe into alleged wartime abuses by Sri Lanka in Chennai, India, April 2, 2013. The Indian movie stars fasted for […]
Sri Lankan port workers protest against tougher action on Tamils
Sri Lankan port workers demonstrate outside the Colombo harbor, calling for a boycott of cargo from south Indian ports in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 2, 2013. The southern Indian […]
Female tourists down 35% following sex assaults in India
Tourism in India dropped significantly in the first three months of this year as a result of the heinous rapes and attacks on foreign female travelers that received widespread international […]
A Pakistani housewife runs for parliament for the first time from tribal area of Bajur
Badam Zari, second from right, leaves the election office after filing her candidacy for Parliament in Khar, capital of the Pakistani tribal area of Bajur, Monday, April 1, 2013. A […]
Pakistanis celebrate the 424th birth anniversary of Madhu Lal Hussain in Lahore
Pakistani devotees gather at the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Shah Hussain, popularly known as Madhu Lal Hussain, in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on April 1, 2013. The annual festival for […]