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Pakistani-Americans got an insight into unprecedented military operations in tribal regions along the border with Afghanistan, which has eliminated  3,400 terrorists and, according to analysts, also dealt a crippling blow to the groups such as the Haqqani...

Saadat Hasan Manto was a creative writer, an iconic literary figure, and a man of passion. His short stories – touching themes of love, sexuality, treatment of women and harsh social realities of life – earned...

Pope Francis’ visit to the United States could not have come at a better time for an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the country, who are facing a new onslaught from some Republican Presidential candidates...

By Augustine Anthony From a life of obscurity, teenaged student Ahmed Mohamed will step into White House on October 19 as a guest personally invited by President Obama.   Even before that the 14-year-old  may have...

By Patrick Burnett As a Catholic who grew up in Northern Ohio, I never thought I would be speaking on a panel at the Islamic Society of North America’s (ISNA) annual Convention and Film Festival a...

Over the past few months, the world has been following painful stories of Syrian refugees dying in their desperate rush for migration to Europe. But Americans of Pakistani and Indian descent have also been deeply troubled...

By Augustine Anthony   Having Nobel laureates on its list of students is certainly an honor for any institution. Not so much for the Stanford University in California. Stanford reportedly wants Malala Yousafzai to take SAT...

The chaos enveloping the Middle East looms so largely on the international landscape that it appears to eclipse other challenges like Europe’s growing sense of home-grown insecurity, Afghan uncertainty, climate perils, and Africa’s widespread economic woes....

How do you celebrate a half century of devotion to music? For Ustad Dilshad Hussain Khan – a prominent exponent of classical Eastern and Western music – the answer is obvious – with more music. So,...

Exploring Europe’s evolving views on multiculturalism amid 9/11-heightened sense of identities among natives and Muslim immigrants sounds nothing less than attempting an intellectual tour de force. An unprecedented new documentary, produced by American and Pakistani researchers,...