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In a typical, non-pandemic year, the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington DC  hosts an Interfaith Iftar Dinner during every Ramadan with direct interpersonal interaction and dialogue among people of diverse backgrounds. But this is not a...

In a promising development for entrepreneurship, Pakistani businesses would now be able to use the global e-commerce platform Amazon to sell their products from within the country after the giant platform added the South Asian country...

Pakistan has finally okayed its first indigenously developed intensive care unit ventilator as the country recorded the highest number of deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan approved the equipment...

Akbar Ahmed, Pawan Bali   It is a more recent tale of two letters:  On Pakistan’s 70th National Day, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi penned a note to his Pakistani counterpart, expressing the desire for a...

India continues to face record numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths as a torrid wave of the coronavirus pandemic tested the limits of its healthcare system. In the last three days, India, the second worst-hit country...

President Joe Biden has expressed warm appreciation for the key role American Muslims have played in the fight against COVID-19 including the development of a vaccine to fight the virus. While sending warmest greetings to Muslims...

As several countries around the world faced another wave of COVID-19 cases, the UN called upon the United States to lead a vaccination plan against the pandemic that has troubled world economies and taken a heavy...

Eleven people were killed and dozens injured in violent protests that raged during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Dhaka on the occasion of the golden jubilee celebrations of Bangladesh’s independence. Protestors including members of...

The featured image shows an entrance to the Qalawun complex which had a Mansuri hospital in Cairo/Wikipedia Since the outbreak of COVID-19, one of the most commonly used medical terms has been quarantine, the practice of...

Coinciding with Monday’s International Women’s Day, Time magazine has featured Indian women farmers protesting New Delhi’s reforms on its cover. India’s mainly Sikh farmers from Punjab have mounted protests for months over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s...