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Since that chilling morning last year, December 16 has become a date for self-examination for two reasons. Until last year, it was a day of somber reflection for thinking Pakistanis, as it marked the fall of...

Legendary American boxer Muhammad Ali has urged politicians to help promote understanding about Islam and denounced all those who use the religion to advance their interests. In a statement, he also emphasized that inflicting violence on...

This time, it was Paris, the French capital hosting much awaited World Summit on Climate Change. A brief chat, without any agenda finalized by Foreign Offices in New Delhi and Islamabad. As per footage aired on...

The horrific terror attacks in Paris sent shock waves all around last Friday, as ISIS claimed the killing of 129 people, prompting widespread international condemnation and outpouring of support for the French. Along with other ghastly...

Earlier this month, I witnessed screening of Journey into Europe, a new documentary produced by Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University, at an event hosted by the Pakistani Embassy....

Photo Above: President Barack Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia participate in the annual National Thanksgiving Turkey pardon ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Nov. 25, 2015. National Turkey Federation Chairman Jihad Douglas...

The State Department has alerted Americans to possible risks of worldwide travels, saying current information suggests that ISIL (Da’esh), al-Qa’ida, Boko Haram, and other terrorist groups continue to plan terrorist attacks in multiple regions. The caution...

While counterterrorism experts will work round the clock to analyze reasons and flaws that allowed suicide bombers to roam streets of Paris undetected and mount the deadly attacks, newest entrants in Europe – the Middle Eastern...

He has been called an unlikely ambassador and an improbable American. A lot of people still wonder who would have gone and lived under rickety makeshift shelters on the quake-hit hills of Pakistani part of Kashmir in 2005 –...

Photo showing 2007 flooding across South Asia is by Anameofmyveryown under creativecommons license via Wikimedia Commons What is keeping South Asia mired in a morass of poverty? Corruption, conflicts, religious extremism, flawed governance, environmental degradation, water issues,...