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Benjamin Parkin

South Asia Correspondent

Benjamin Parkin is a correspondent for the Financial Times in New Delhi, covering South Asia. He started with the FT in 2019 and was previously based in Mumbai. Before that he worked for the Wall Street Journal.
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  • Monday, 26 February, 2024
    News in-depthIndian politics & policy
    ‘Curly Tales’ and ‘BeerBiceps’: Modi’s BJP taps influencers ahead of India election

    Ruling party is ‘massively ahead’ of rivals in using social media stars to boost support among the young

    A montage with two mobile phones showing influencer videos in front of an Indian flag
  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
    News in-depthPakistan's economy
    How Pakistan’s economy fell into crisis — in charts

    High debt, low growth and raging inflation will challenge a new government lacking a public mandate

    A montage of a stack of Pakistanti rupee notes and charts
  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    News in-depthPakistan's politics
    Pakistan’s old guard confronts shock Imran Khan upset in Punjab

    Surge for jailed former PM’s candidates in base for army and dynastic parties could weaken incoming coalition

    Guards at a polling station during last Wednesday’s election
  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    Pakistan
    Imran Khan’s rivals nominate Shehbaz Sharif to lead new Pakistan government

    Jailed former PM says proposed alliance has ‘no moral ground’ after allegations of vote rigging

    Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Imran Khan rises again in Pakistan

    Pakistan’s shocking election results have left the country in turmoil

  • Sunday, 11 February, 2024
    News in-depthPakistan's politics
    Pakistan plunges into power vacuum after Khan defies election odds from jail

    Success for former PM’s supporters deals blow to military establishment and heralds more instability

    A man holds aloft a photograph of Imran Khan
  • Saturday, 10 February, 2024
    Pakistan's politics
    Imran Khan’s allies accuse Pakistan officials of vote rigging

    Rival parties begin coalition talks after poll marred by delays, mobile blackouts and vote-tampering allegations

    Supporters of the convicted former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf political party shout slogans in Peshawar on Friday
  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    Pakistan's politics
    Imran Khan loyalists win shock victory in Pakistan election

    Independents from former PM’s party will be largest group in parliament but will struggle to form government

    Supporters of Imran Khan’s PTI party protest
  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    The Big Read
    Will Pakistan’s military regret turning on Imran Khan?

    The PTI leader is still the central figure in this week’s election, even though he is in jail and barred from running

    Imran Khan, foreground. PTI supporters in background
  • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
    OutlookFood & Drink
    Who invented butter chicken? Too many cooks spark Delhi dispute

    Two rival restaurants are battling over the origins of this dish — and now a third is also claiming the culinary crown

    Butter chicken
  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Pakistan’s Imran Khan fights an election from jail

    Barred from this week’s vote, the former prime minister is using chatbots to energise his party’s supporters

  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
    News in-depthPakistan's politics
    Pakistan’s political dynasties jockey for power in election lacking Imran Khan

    Incoming government will face economic crisis but lack popular mandate for much-needed reforms, analysts warn

    Supporters and activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party shout slogans during a protest demanding the release of PTI leader Imran Khan, in Peshawar
  • Friday, 2 February, 2024
    Indian business & finance
    India’s stock market rally fuels rush of IPOs

    Sixty-six companies file listing documents, but some investors are wary after poor performance of many flotations

    A QR code for the Paytm digital payment system at a roadside flower stall in Mumbai, India
  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
    News in-depthPakistan
    Imran Khan taps AI and TikTok to fight Pakistan election from jail

    Barred from next week’s vote, former prime minister is using chatbots and social media to energise his party’s supporters

    People drive past electoral posters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan
  • Tuesday, 30 January, 2024
    Pakistan's politics
    Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years in prison ahead of Pakistan election

    Former prime minister’s party says latest conviction an attempt to suppress its vote on February 8

    Imran Khan speaking during a 2023 interview
  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    Sovereign bonds
    Sri Lanka raises hopes of resolution to $13bn debt stand-off

    Bankrupt nation aims for restructuring soon, but private creditors say they have been left ‘in the dark’

    Visitors gather at Galle Face promenade in Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    Bollywood
    Bollywood banks on India’s ‘Top Gun’ to extend box office revival

    Receipts rose to a record in 2023, in a turnaround after a series of pandemic-era flops

    Screen grab from the trailer of ‘Fighter’
  • Monday, 22 January, 2024
    Indian business & finance
    Sony calls off $10bn Zee merger in India after two years of talks

    Japanese group resisted chief executive Punit Goenka’s demand to stay on after merger

    Zee Entertainment and SONY logos are displayed
  • Friday, 19 January, 2024
    News in-depthSony Corp
    Sony’s fraught $10bn deal reveals Hollywood’s struggle to crack India

    The Japanese conglomerate sought to save Zee deal but has failed to complete the merger

    Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, left, with Zee Entertainment chief Punit Goenka in 2012
  • Thursday, 18 January, 2024
    Pakistan
    Pakistan carries out strikes on suspected militant bases in Iran

    Retaliatory attack threatens to escalate tensions between neighbours

    A police officer outside the foreign affairs ministry in Islamabad
  • Thursday, 18 January, 2024
    News in-depthIndian business & finance
    India’s brewing coffee battle pits Starbucks against Pret for share of growing market

    International chains including Tim Hortons and Costa Coffee are up against domestic rivals

    A vegetable seller in front of a Starbucks in Bangalore, India
  • Tuesday, 9 January, 2024
    Indian business & finance
    Sony ready to abandon $10bn Zee deal that would create Indian media powerhouse

    Japanese company frustrated at merger delays and concerned about Zee’s financial performance

    Zee chief executive Punit Goenka
  • Tuesday, 9 January, 2024
    Pakistan's politics
    Pakistan’s top court paves way for ex-premier Sharif to contest election

    Ruling overturns lifetime bans for those with criminal convictions ahead of polls next month

    Nawaz Sharif in 2014
  • Monday, 8 January, 2024
    Bangladesh
    Sheikh Hasina wins fifth term in power at Bangladesh election

    Crackdown on opposition and rights abuses have drawn criticism from US and EU

    Officials count ballot papers at a polling station in Dhaka after the end of the Bangladesh election on Sunday
  • Saturday, 6 January, 2024
    Person in the News
    Sheikh Hasina: the Bangladeshi premier determined to retain power

    Re-election appears certain but economic strains may test the population’s patience with her autocratic style

    Joe Cummings illustration of Person in the News Sheikh Hasina
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