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US outraged by Pakistani court’s decision to exonerate Daniel Pearl murder convict
The United States has expressed outrage at Pakistan’s Supreme Court to grant freedom to the man convicted of kidnapping and beheading American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002, who was working in the South Asian country for...Jan 29, 2021 511 0 -
AirSial gears up for first flight in mid-December as the first plane arrives in Sialkot
AirSial, Pakistan’s newest privately owned company, is all set to take off in mid-December from its headquarters in the industrial city of Sialkot. The airlines got its first aircraft, an Airbus A320-232 that flew into the...Nov 29, 2020 1769 0 -
Understanding the Pakthuns through their own words
Some years ago while working on an academic project with Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University, I noticed a small book on the shelf. I began leafing through it...Sep 25, 2020 1094 0 -
Pakistani-American scientist is the first woman to be dean of MIT’s School of Science
Nergis Mavalvala, a famed Pakistani-American astrophysicist, will be the new dean of the School of Science at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology from next month. She will be the first woman to serve as dean...Aug 18, 2020 9144 10 -
American, Pakistani universities launch study on how two countries respond to COVID-19
The United States and Pakistan may be oceans apart, and the COVID-19 may be impacting the two nations differently. But they are dealing with the same common invisible threat. And that set of contrasts and similarities...Jul 29, 2020 2088 0 -
How interfaith friendships can help a divided world
Imagine these scenes: a newscaster portrays grim events of a policeman being hacked to death by a Muslim, who in turn is shot by police. Riots by nationalist groups fill streets with smoke and flames as...Jul 19, 2020 951 0 -
Pakistan’s Punjab province plans to build a new city on River Ravi
Pakistan’s largest Punjab province plans to build a new city along the river Ravi in the north of Lahore metropolis, a burgeoning city of 11 million people. A newly constituted River Ravi Front Authority has been...Jul 13, 2020 2215 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...Jul 6, 2020 659 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...Jun 30, 2020 876 0 -
Plasma Transfusion Treatment for COVID-19 in Pakistan – Hope and Caution
Can transfusion of plasma from the body of a person who has recovered from COVID-19, be a magical cure for averting coronavirus infection? There is still very little empirical evidence to prove this proposition, one way...Jun 27, 2020 1113 0