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Shawana Shah, a 23-year-old woman from Peshawar, received the Muhammad Ali Humaniatarian Award at the annual event in Louisville Kentucky, the legendary boxer’s hometown. She is the youngest and the only Asian to win the prestigious...

Islamabad has refuted media reports that Afghan American Ahmad Khan Rahami, accused of carrying out terror bombings in New York and New Jersey, is married to a Pakistani woman. “As per preliminary investigation, the wife of...

In a first for an American Muslim, President Barack Obama has nominated a prominent Pakistani American legal expert Abid Riaz Qureshi to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.  “I am...

My fellow children of Pakistan, February 14, 1997 in Lahore, Pakistan I was brought into this world as a full blooded Pakistani. Then a little over one year later, added to my blood was the culture...

Even a small gesture towards peaceful relations like acknowledging Pakistan’s hospitality comes at a cost in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s India, locked in a tit-for-tat escalation with its neighbor over Kashmir unrest. Appreciation for Pakistani hospitality...

Sajid Tarar, founder of Muslims for Trump, is hopeful that Donald Trump would change his rhetoric about Muslims after the GOP candidate expressed regrets for sometimes saying things that caused personal pain to people. “It’s my...

A six-member crew of a Pakistani helicopter, reportedly taken hostage by the Afghan Taliban in Afghanistan’s Logar province on August 4, has been released and handed over to Pakistani authorities on Saturday. “The six-member crew of...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a New York-based independent watchdog body, joined other Press organizations in condemning Monday’s terrorist attack at the civil hospital in Quetta that killed at least 70 people, including two journalists...

Pakistani Americans generally fare as high achievers among immigrant communities – with students excelling in grades, medical doctors expanding their numbers to around 20,000, financial managers serving in local American and international institutions like the World Bank,...

President Barack Obama, while referring to achievements of Muslims at a White House Eid reception, cited Kamala Khan, also known as Ms. Marvel, a comic book superhero created by a Pakistani-American writer Sana Amanat. “By the...