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Democratic and Republican choices in the never-ending election season
What makes the process a never-ending election season During his campaign for the White House Donald Trump said many times that he intended to turn the United States around. His predecessors and Washington politicians had allowed...Nov 12, 2017 1414 0 -
Ralph Northam pledges to keep Virginia diverse, inclusive
Ralph Northam speaking to Views News TV as candidate at a Pakistan Independence Day event in Virginia August 2017 Virginia’s newly elected governor Ralph Northam has pledged respect for diversity and vowed to keep the state...Nov 8, 2017 1519 0 -
Protesters rally against travel ban in Washington D.C.
A coalition of civil rights and immigration organizations staged a demonstrations outside the White House to press their opposition to travel ban against citizens of mostly Muslim majority countries. The organizers called the demonstration #NoMuslimBanEver and...Oct 19, 2017 1306 0 -
Federal Judge in Maryland blocks enforcement of the latest U.S. travel ban
JFK Airport Terminal 1, Photo Doug Letterman/Wikimedia Commons A federal judge in Maryland has blocked the latest version of the travel ban to the United States for citizens of several countries that was to be enforced...Oct 18, 2017 1022 0 -
The world must wake up to the gravity of Rohingya crisis- Khalilah Ali
Khalilah Ali, activist and author, has stepped up her latest humanitarian effort- to raise awareness about the plight of Rohingya refugees and the need for U.S support for the persecuted community. The former wife of legendary...Oct 7, 2017 2350 0 -
Dreamers and the US: Between the price and the cost
Photo I, Laslovarga/Wikimedia Commons The cloud hanging over the future of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program – which allows nearly 800,000 Dreamers to study and work in the United States – has touched off a...Sep 10, 2017 13085 0 -
Protests in Washington D.C. against Myanmar’s persecution of Rohingyas
Back-to-back protest demonstrations outside Myanmar’s embassy in Washington D.C. this week urged the United States to stop massacre of the Rohingya community, which the UN and human rights bodies say face state persecution. On Friday, Americans...Sep 8, 2017 1609 0 -
Marking Pakistan’s 70th birthday in Washington
Amidst Trump’s newly enunciated hardline tone toward Pakistan, a timely gathering unusual in its scope and focus convened in the greater Washington area to hail Pakistan’s 70th birthday. The driving force behind the well-choreographed event was...Aug 26, 2017 1879 0 -
How the documentary on Jinnah is relevant to the new generation
Three decades ago, when I began the Jinnah Quartet, which came to consist of the feature film, Jinnah (1998), starring Christopher Lee; the documentary, Mr. Jinnah: The Making of Pakistan (1997); the graphic novel, The Quaid:...Aug 19, 2017 1997 0 -
Syrian teen refugees say they find hope in America
The unspeakable horrors of the Syrian conflict will perhaps never be fully told partly because the continuing imbroglio has destroyed lives and hopes of so many millions. The tepid international response to the staggering humanitarian crisis...Jul 29, 2017 2226 0