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US views Indian policy to ‘diplomatically isolate’ Pakistan as troubliing
Pakistan-India border at night, Photo: ISS Expedition 28 crew (NASA Earth Observatory) via Wikimedia Commons US Centcom Chief General Joseph L. Votel Thursday told Capitol Hill that India’s policy to ‘diplomatically isolate’ Pakistan hurts prospects for...Mar 10, 2017 1401 0 -
Why Pakistan Super League final is victory for the entire nation
Over 25,000 Pakistanis thronged the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore on Sunday to watch the Pakistan Super League in defiance of terror threat that has kept the international cricket away from the country for eight years. Pakistan...Mar 7, 2017 1740 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 -
As UN plans new counterterror office, Pakistan urges focus on root causes
The international community should focus on dealing with the root causes of terrorism, Pakistan said Wednesday after United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres unveiled a suggestion in the General Assembly to create a new, independent U.N. counterterrorism...Feb 23, 2017 1035 0 -
Pakistan peace exercise brings together US, Russian, Chinese ships
American, Russian and Chinese ships will be part of a multinational naval exercise Pakistan is hosting in the Arabian Sea from Friday. The five-day exercise codenamed “Aman-17” (Peace 17) will feature warships from 36 countries, with...Feb 9, 2017 963 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 -
Washington think tank to host discussion with Bilawal Bhutto on US-Pakistan relations
Photo by Umar John, NEXT TV The United States Institute of Peace will host a conversation with Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari January 30 on US-Pakistan relations under the new Donald Trump Administration assuming...Jan 19, 2017 4485 0 -
The play Noor and the Light we all need for a peaceful world
Photo : Character Ali, played by author Sam Hickey in an American University stage reading of play Noor A look at the news coverage of events over the past few months would suggest that Muslims and...Jan 13, 2017 1425 1 -
New UN Secretary General offers to broker Pakistan-India peace
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who assumed his functions as the world’s top diplomat this week, has offered to play role of an honest broker between Pakistan and India as the two South Asian nuclear powers face...Jan 7, 2017 1116 0 -
Muslim Women’s Association of Washington hosts screening of Journey into Europe
A group photo of participants Credit: Samia Abedel Wahed Photography (http://samiaabdelwahed.zenfolio.com) Fifty-six years ago, in 1960, Begum Aziz Ahmed, wife of the Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, had a brilliant idea. Recognizing the great cultural...Dec 19, 2016 3141 0