Latest in: 2020
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US, Pakistan see value in expanding educational cooperation
Highlighting the significance of cooperation in the field of education, U.S. and Pakistan Thursday vowed to keep working collaboratively in the area of key interest to both. At a webinar hosted by the Pakistani embassy, U.S....July 9, 2020 1224 1 -
Any initiative for the struggling arts during the COVID-19 crisis?
The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of the nation, is close to the center of a nation’s purpose – and is a test to the quality of...July 8, 2020 945 0 -
Pakistan seeks initiative to revive tourism beyond COVID-19
The COVID-19 crisis has harmed Pakistan’s economic growth prospects and one of the key areas of promise tourism has been badly hurt just when the country was trying to market it. Still trying to cope with...July 6, 2020 666 0 -
Independence Day – Fostering hope among all Americans
In 2010, we wrote a blog titled Interdependence Day: Celebrating the “Us” in USA calling for establishing Interdependence Day as a new national holiday. That blog was precipitated by a reaction to a “the acrimonious climate...July 4, 2020 991 0 -
‘A Kashmiri child’s pain after his grandfather is shot dead exposes Indian barbarity’
The image of a Kashmiri child sitting on the body of his grandfather has once exposed the barbarity of security forces operating in the disputed territory with immunity. The three-year-old child told upon questioning that his...July 3, 2020 1514 1 -
UNSC condemns Karachi terror attack; Pakistan blames India
The UN Security Council issued a strong condemnation of the “heinous and cowardly” terrorist attack against the Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi on Monday after Islamabad blamed India for being behind the assault. In a daring attack in...July 2, 2020 778 0 -
Pakistan thwarts BLA-claimed terror attack on stock exchange
Pakistan’s security forces killed four terrorists who Monday attempted to storm the Pakistan Stock Exchange compound in the port city of Karachi soon after they mounted gun and grenade attack on the building. A police officer...June 30, 2020 888 0 -
Pakistan claims ventilator manufacturing breakthrough amid COVID-19 crisis
Pakistan says it has successfully manufactured inexpensive ventilators that would soon be supplied to the local market amid coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 200,000 people and claimed thousands of lives. Ventilators are expensive equipment...June 29, 2020 956 0 -
Biden slams India’s anti-Muslim policies; urges restoration of rights in Kashmir
Democratic presumptive nominee for this year’s presidential election Joseph Biden has said restrictions – New Delhi has imposed since August last year – are inconsistent with the secular character of the country and that the Indian...June 28, 2020 1589 0