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After a one-year lull, terrorists struck Lahore, killing 71 citizens in a packed recreational park, with children and women being majority of victims. The attack took place on the occasion of Easter and injured more than...

Heather Schmid, an American vocalist and Grammy member, turned what was expected to be a customary National Day event at the Pakistani embassy in Washington DC into a fascinating US-Pakistan intercultural celebration. Performed in near-perfect Urdu...

As the United States and Pakistan seek to come out of the long shadow of the Afghan war and broaden their previously security-driven bilateral relationship, cultural exchanges appear to be assuming greater importance. That Pakistan is...

In Pakistan, the provincial Punjab Assembly passed a landmark legislation last week, criminalizing all forms of violence against women. A few days later, the Council of Islamic Ideology, a federal advisory body, ruled the law as...

The admission by a top Pakistani official that his country sheltered the Afghan Taliban’s leadership is hardly a surprise for the intelligence community, but it does signal an end to Islamabad’s approach to discriminating between “good” and...

More than 14 years after 9/11 attacks –that spotlighted U.S. relations with the Muslim world like never before – Muslims in the United States generally find little understanding about their faith, culture and traditions among fellow...

General Raheel Sharif  – who is credited with prosecuting Pakistan’s most effective fight yet against terror  – in North Waziristan and elsewhere along the Afghan border -– has announced that he would retire from the powerful army...

In a development holding out wide-ranging implications, the United States and Europe Saturday lifted sanctions on Iran in exchange for Teheran’s implementation of its end of last year’s nuclear deal that stops the oil-rich Persian nation...

India and Pakistan again face a familiar crossroads situation – a militant attack threatening to roll back peace hopes between the two nuclear-armed countries. The January 2 Pathankot airbase attack – which India alleges has links to...

He was a 15-year-old when he came to the United States with just $15 in his pocket. Now Frank Islam is a business tycoon, a sought-after entrepreneur, philanthropist, writer, education and peace activist who interacts with...