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International students contributed $ 32 billion to US economy last year
Georgetown University, Photo by Lucas Cantor, Wikimedia Commons For the United States, the impact of international students and exchanges has only amplified in recent years. Besides infusing new intellectual capital into the U.S. academic environment each...Mar 5, 2017 1388 0 -
Muslim athletes will run Rock n Roll marathon to expresss love for America
For Pakistani-American Agha Hasnain, running a marathon is a lifelong passion that has seen him accomplish the feat of successfully completing the long run in all 50 states. But this year, his participation in the 2017...Mar 4, 2017 1906 0 -
Developing, poor countries host largest refugee populations
Most of the 3.2 million people driven forcibly from their homes in early 2016 found shelter in low and middle-income countries, according to a new UN study. The report comes amidst criticism of rich Middle Eastern...Mar 2, 2017 2886 0 -
Oscars show how diversity and pluralism enrich creativity
Asghar Farhadi in a The Salesman’s press conference, Taraneh Alidoosti in his left and Shahab Hosseini in right Photo Credit: Hamed Malekpour via Wikimedia Commons Oscars, the grandest of awards in the film industry, became amphitheater of diversity...Feb 27, 2017 1558 0 -
Trump, Conservatism and Liberalism
The victory of President Donald Trump in the United States and rise of Conservatism elsewhere in the West have been described, among other things, a direct consequence of the failure of liberalism and the moderate leadership...Feb 13, 2017 2621 1 -
DIG Police among 13 killed in Lahore terror bombing
At least 13 people perished on Monday in the heart of Pakistan when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of a protest rally outside Punjab Assembly in Lahore. The victims included Deputy Inspector...Feb 13, 2017 971 0 -
The Secret Life of Trees – An interpretation
For millennia, trees have been such a constant touch of nature that we take their benefits for granted, and pass them by perfunctorily. Still, a few of us try to look into the trees around us...Feb 12, 2017 1909 0 -
India escalates nuclear tensions
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...Feb 12, 2017 1121 0 -
‘Demand for more permanent UNSC seats contradicts democratic representation’
In a forceful statement, Pakistan has told the United Nations that the campaign by a group of countries for permanent seats on the 15-member body defies the 21st century principle of achieving democratic representation through periodic...Feb 7, 2017 886 0 -
Editorial : ‘A Human Chain of Love and Peace’
In a show of interfaith solidarity, churches and a synagogue in Victoria, Texas, are offering support to the the Muslim community to rebuild the Victoria Islamic Center destroyed in a raging fire last week. According to...Feb 5, 2017 956 0