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A string of recent eye-opening reports have established links between inequality and turmoil at social, national and international levels. For example, a report late last year highlighted how inequality and economic frustrations led to Arab Spring...

Heather Schmid, an American vocalist and Grammy member, turned what was expected to be a customary National Day event at the Pakistani embassy in Washington DC into a fascinating US-Pakistan intercultural celebration. Performed in near-perfect Urdu...

As the United States and Pakistan seek to come out of the long shadow of the Afghan war and broaden their previously security-driven bilateral relationship, cultural exchanges appear to be assuming greater importance. That Pakistan is...

World leaders need to blend use of force with political options and invest more in preventing crises than just in containing violent extremists to stem the current and so far the most perilous wave of militant violence,...

Angelina Jolie Pitt – who met a Syrian family in Lebanon’s Bekka valley, made an impassioned call on the international community to commit itself to resolution of the refugees crisis and the conflict that entered its fifth year on...

February 2016 saw four Pakistanis distinguish themselves with extraordinary achievements in the fields of science, technology and arts. Professor Nergis Mavalvala, a prominent Pakistani-American MIT scientist and Imran Khan, a PhD candidate working at Italy’s Gran...

In Pakistan, the provincial Punjab Assembly passed a landmark legislation last week, criminalizing all forms of violence against women. A few days later, the Council of Islamic Ideology, a federal advisory body, ruled the law as...

The United States hosted a high-stakes strategic dialogue with Pakistan on Monday, with its top diplomat John Kerry vowing support for the key South Asian country’s fight against terror.   “Our nations are committed to combating...

The 2016 election campaign has seen a new curve of fear-driven politics, with some Republican candidates repudiating everything that the Democratic President Barack Obama has pursued in the last seven years as inimical to American interest....

With Super Tuesday contests just days away, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has some positive vibes coming out of Virginia, one of the 11 states going to vote on March 1. A Monmouth University Poll, released...