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Why Pakistan has not overcome its energy crisis yet
Tarbela Dam during 2010 floods Photo Credit: Paul Duncan, U.S. Marine Corps via Wikimedia Commons This week Pakistan made its latest nuclear power project – a 340 MW Chashma-3 (C-3) plant – operational and connected it...Dec 29, 2016 979 0 -
US says two-state solution of Israeli-Palestinian conflict in ‘serious jeopardy’
View of Beitar Ilit, Israeli settlement Photo Credit Yoninah via Wikimedia Commons Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that the United States allowed the passage a U.N. condemnation of Israel’s settlement policies as the only...Dec 28, 2016 814 0 -
First Afghan female air force pilot applies for U.S. asylum
Nilofar Rahmani accepting her pilot wings at a ceremony in May 2013 Photo Credit: Senior Airman Scott Saldukas US Air Force via Wikimedia Commons Capt. Nilofar Rahmani, the first female pilot in the Afghan air force,...Dec 27, 2016 871 0 -
Make America Great Again… Again – A Perspective
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons It won’t be long before the United States, for the 58th time in American history, marks the inauguration of a President to a four-year term in office. Inevitably, commentators...Dec 27, 2016 1085 0 -
How technology is shaping shopping trends and commerce
What do you like most about visiting malls and stores for shopping? Feeling the instant joy of touching new clothes, jewelry, wearing shoes, or holding the latest gadget in the palm of your hand? Excitement and...Dec 26, 2016 1094 0 -
Energy innovation : Pakistani students learn entrepreneurial skills at Arizona State University
Despite recent foreign investments in a variety of energy projects including alternative sources, Pakistan continues to struggle to overcome its frequent power outages. While large scale projects may ease some of the long-running problems, experts have...Dec 25, 2016 1464 0 -
McAuliffe encourages students to enter cybersecurity industry with 36,000 open jobs
Rotunda Dusk, University of Virginia Photo: Tdvance~commonswiki via Wikimedia Commons Governor Terry McAuliffe Friday encouraged students to enter the growing cybersecurity industry, which has 36,000 open jobs. McAuliffe spoke in NPR’s Kojo Namdi Show days after...Dec 23, 2016 1418 0 -
Obama dismantles Muslim registry program
Statue of Liberty Photo : I, Laslovarga via Wikimedia Commons The Obama administration moved Thursday to dismantle a 9/11 era registry program known as National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, which required visitors mostly from Muslim countries...Dec 22, 2016 1229 0 -
Investor confidence grows as US economy continues impressive growth
Wall Street New York Photo Credit : CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=243386 Call it continuation of economic growth resulting fom President Barack Obama’s policies or ‘Trump Bump’ in the form of stock exchange upsurge from President-elect Donald...Dec 22, 2016 936 0 -
Russia’s growing ties with Pakistan leave India aghast
Gwadar Seaport Photo Credit: Umargondal via Wikimedia Commons Perhaps nowhere the maxim that nothing is constant in international politics rings as loudly as in Russia’s outreach to Pakistan that has left India stunned and aghast. Vladimir...Dec 22, 2016 1004 0