Rezaul H Laskar is the Foreign Affairs Editor at Hindustan Times. His interests include movies and music.
Articles by Rezaul H Laskar
Nehru rejected suggestion that Bose be dealt with as war criminal
Days after the surrender of Japan in World War II and the plane crash that purportedly killed Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Jawaharlal Nehru rejected a suggestion that the iconic freedom fighter should be treated as a war criminal
Updated on Jan 25, 2016 03:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, New Delhi
Kashmir militants have pledged allegiance to us, says Islamic State
The head of a regional affiliate of the Islamic State has said militants in Kashmir have pledged allegiance to the group, providing it a “big opportunity” to expand its co-called caliphate to the area.
Updated on Jan 22, 2016 05:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, New Delhi
Pakistanis say time for tough questions instead of blaming India
Hours after the assault on Bacha Khan University, Asad Munir, a former ISI official-turned-columnist, surprised many by tweeting that Pakistanis would do well to look for the attackers among themselves instead of blaming India.
Updated on Jan 21, 2016 02:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, New Delhi
X-Files revival: I still want to believe, but can’t
X Files is back after more than a decade off the small screens and two middling forays to the big one. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson return as agents Mulder and Scully but the revival series leaves something to be desired.
Updated on Jan 21, 2016 06:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, New Delhi
A rock and a hard place: Pak’s uneasy stance on Saudi Arabia-Iran split
Pakistan’s discomfiture at being caught in the row between Saudi Arabia and Iran is evident in the back-to-back visits to the two countries by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and army chief Gen Raheel Sharif, an initiative described as a mediation effort aimed at reducing tensions.
Updated on Jan 19, 2016 12:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, New Delhi
Sushma Swaraj’s two-day Israel visit to boost bilateral ties
External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj’s two-day visit to Israel from January 17 is expected to give a boost to burgeoning cooperation in areas as diverse as counter-terrorism and water management.
Published on Jan 16, 2016 10:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, New Delhi
Pak action against Jaish a mere re-run of post-Mumbai attack sham?
For far too long, Pakistan has dithered on the issue of taking a strong stand on jihadi groups based within the stronghold of their PML-N party. In these circumstances, India would do well to keep a closer eye on developments with regard to the Jaish-e-Mohammed.
Updated on Jan 14, 2016 02:04 PM IST
Pakistan detains JeM chief Azhar, India says no confirmation yet
Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar was detained on Wednesday after being questioned over the Pathankot airbase attack, Pakistani media reported hours after the government announced a crackdown on the banned group.
Updated on Jan 13, 2016 10:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, New Delhi
Pakistan arrests several JeM members, may send investigators to India
Pakistan said on Wednesday it wants to send a special investigation team to India to probe the Pathankot attack, for which an unspecified number of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operatives have been apprehended.
Updated on Jan 13, 2016 03:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, New Delhi
Pathankot attack: Pak ‘will bring out the truth’, Nawaz tells Kerry
Sharif told Kerry during the telephone conversation late on Saturday that Pakistan is “swiftly carrying out investigations in a transparent manner and will bring out the truth”, said a statement from the Pakistan Prime Minister’s office.
Updated on Jan 10, 2016 10:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, New Delhi
After Modi-Sharif bonhomie, Pathankot poses challenge to Pak policy
Even before the gunfire had died down at the Pathankot airbase, people across India had begun asking the inevitable question: Would this brazen terror attack neutralise the bonhomie and gains generated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise visit to Lahore?
Updated on Jan 02, 2016 09:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, New Delhi
Kabul to Delhi via Lahore: Modi realises Manmohan’s dream
At a 2007 event, Manmohan Singh had said “I dream of a day when, while retaining our respective national identities, one can have breakfast in Amritsar, lunch in Lahore and dinner in Kabul.” PM Narendra Modi’s surprise visit to Lahore on the way from Kabul to Delhi has realised the former PM’s dream, albeit in reverse.
Updated on Dec 25, 2015 08:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, New Delhi
Modi’s Lahore visit: 4 Indian PMs have visited Pak since Independence
Before Prime Minister Narendra Modi sprang a surprise on Friday by deciding to go to Lahore for a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the last Indian premier to visit Pakistan eleven years ago.
Updated on Dec 25, 2015 07:25 PM IST
Rezaul H Laskar, New Delhi
Pakistan Army now has seat at negotiating table with India
As new dialogue between India and Pakistan has kicked off, observers say retired general Nasser Khan Janjua as the new NSA of Pakistan will help Pakistani military have a say in talks with India.
Updated on Dec 10, 2015 05:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, New Delhi
Pak PM meets military leaders to frame strategy for talks with Swaraj
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif held crucial meetings with Pakistan’s powerful military leadership on Tuesday to frame a strategy for talks with visiting Indian external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and a multilateral meeting on Afghanistan.
Updated on Dec 09, 2015 01:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Imtiaz Ahmad and Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad/new Delhi
Cyber security, culture on agenda as India, Malaysia sign 3 MoUs
India and Malaysia on Monday signed three MoUs for cooperation in cyber security, public administration and culture even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought a scaling up of trade and investment.
Updated on Nov 23, 2015 11:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, Putrajaya (malaysia)
India, Malaysia will deepen defence cooperation, says PM Modi
India and Malaysia will deepen security and defence cooperation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday.
Updated on Nov 23, 2015 11:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, Putrajaya (malaysia)
Modi meets Razak on last day of Malaysia visit
Modi and his delegation travelled to the Putrajaya, an “intelligent garden city” built on marshland and a former oil palm estate 25 km south of Kuala Lumpur, for the meeting. Putrajaya is the federal administrative capital of Malaysia and home to the Perdana Putra complex which houses the Prime Minister’s Office and residence, Seri Paradana.
Updated on Nov 23, 2015 08:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, Kuala Lumpur
Vanakkam, Thiruvalluvar, Kalam: How Modi wooed diaspora in Malaysia
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached out on Sunday to the Indian diaspora in Malaysia, describing them as the “living bonds of friendship” between the two countries.
Updated on Nov 22, 2015 07:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, Kualal Lumpur
Terrorism kills people of all faiths: PM Modi in Malaysia
The world community should step up the fight against terrorism by delinking the menace from religion and ensuring that no country promotes terrorists or provides them sanctuaries and funds, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. He said while addressing the Indian diaspora in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Updated on Nov 22, 2015 06:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, Kuala Lumpur
‘We must build new strategies for combating terrorism’: PM Modi
Making an intervention at the East Asia Summit in the Malaysian capital, Modi said terrorism is “no longer a peripheral problem” for the region and the recent assaults in Paris and Ankara have demonstrated that terror groups had a worldwide reach, both for recruiting members and choosing targets.
Updated on Nov 22, 2015 05:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, Kuala Lumpur
ASEAN creates new economic community that’s larger than EU
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in the audience, seated next to his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang, as 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations formally signed the 2015 Kuala Lumpur Declaration on Establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community.
Updated on Nov 22, 2015 10:18 AM IST
Rezaul H Laskar, Kuala Lumpur
ASEAN: Modi to address Indian community, unveil Vivekananda statue
Modi, who arrived in the Malaysian capital early on Saturday to attend two weekend summits and hold several bilateral meetings on the margins of the ASEAN Summit, has pitched India as an ideal investment destination and called for boosting regional connectivity.
Updated on Nov 22, 2015 08:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, Kuala Lumpur
PM Modi proposes $1bn line of credit for connectivity with ASEAN
India unveiled a $1 billion line of credit on Saturday to boost projects that enhance connectivity with ASEAN nations even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a highway linking India with Myanmar and Thailand would be completed by 2018.
Updated on Nov 21, 2015 07:58 PM IST
Rezaul H Laskar, Kuala Lumpur
PM Modi calls for India-China partnership to fight global terrorism
The threat of international terrorism and the global economic slowdown dominated talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang on the margins of the ASEAN-India Summit in the Malaysian capital on Saturday.
Updated on Nov 21, 2015 06:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, Kuala Lumpur
India, ASEAN must come together to fight global terror: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday sought the backing of ASEAN nations for the adoption of a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism mooted by India as part of measures to step up the fight against global terror.
Updated on Nov 21, 2015 04:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, Kuala Lumpur
Twitter erupts as tricolour spotted upside down in Modi-Abe meet
The Indian tricolour was upside down during a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
Updated on Aug 21, 2019 02:53 PM IST
Rezaul H Laskar, Kuala Lumpur
Come see winds of change in India: Modi to ASEAN investors
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday pitched India as an ideal investment destination for ASEAN nations, saying his government had launched a second wave of reforms that would make the country a “land of immense opportunities”.
Updated on Nov 21, 2015 02:08 PM IST
Rezaul H Laskar, Kuala Lumpur
PM Modi arrives in Malaysia for Asean and East Asia meet
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the Malaysian capital on Saturday for two key regional summits and bilateral talks aimed at boosting cooperation in areas as diverse as security and investment for big-ticket infrastructure projects.
Updated on Nov 21, 2015 10:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, Kuala Lumpur
PM Modi to arrive in Malaysia today for ASEAN and East Asia meet
The shadow of terror looms large over the Malaysian capital, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to arrive on Saturday for two key regional summits and bilateral talks aimed at drumming up investment for big-ticket infrastructure projects.
Updated on Nov 21, 2015 01:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar