*Ahem* Its not India having the hold, more like inablity of other Asian countries.
Any institute is free to host 2019 conference.
http://www.asian-studies.org/aas-in-asia-2019-rfp
Too bad no institution in Pakistan comes ahead to host it.
And if they do, it is doubtful how many of these scholars will choose to visit Pakistan.[/ unfortunatly Pakistan has had too much bad publicity over the past decade. Still there are people willing to visit the country I personally knew of a British senior college lecturers who visited Pakistan to attend a conference in Lahore.