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Photo: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons Pakistani-American actor Kumail Nanjiani and his wife Emily V. Gordon are receiving upbeat review for their romantic comedy “The Big Sick,” which sthey co-wrote and infused with biographical accounts of their own...

Pakistani-American scientist Nergis Mavalvala, professor of astrophysics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who was a lead scientist in the team that discovered gravitational waves, has been recognized with the Great Immigrants award. “Our annual tribute to...

Photo: National Cathedral Sanctuary Credit Noclip /Wikipedia  The Washington National Cathedral is one of the great houses of worship in America with its Gothic towers looming large over the skyline and rolling hills of the nation’s capital....

Japanese motor brands have dominated the Pakistani highways and roads for decades but now a Pakistani automobile company has started exporting traditional rickshaws to the quality conscious market of Japan. In an encouraging sign for the...

Karachi, Pakistan’s financial hub, Photo by Rahib ALi via Wikimedia Commons After knocking the frontier doors for nine years, Pakistan has entered the grouping of world’s next promising economies with the Index provider MSCI’s inclusion of...

Photo: Courtesy Dr. Adil Haider Facebook Page A Pakistani-American trauma surgeon  has been named a recipient of the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor 2017 – the highest civilian award in the U.S. for immigrants. Adil...

A food street in Lahore, Photo: FaizanM41 via Wikimedia Commons Happiness, as a state of mind and heart, may be difficult to define in absolute terms but Pakistan is definitely making rapid strides up a UN...

Putting behind fears of terror attacks, Pakistanis are trying to restore a sense of calm to their country. Over the weekend, literati, national and international, assembled in Lahore to celebrate Pakistani authors and their work. On...

Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Photo by Zainab Arain via Wikimedia Commons In one of the deadliest bombings since a sudden surge of terrorist attacks in Pakistan this week, around 50 people were killed and over...

South Asia, NASA Map Pakistan is ringing alarm bells over what it calls New Delhi’s massive clandestine nuclear arsenal build-up as well its precarious nuclearization of the Indian ocean. Chief Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz has...