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US helps Pakistan establish platform to evaluate safety of medicines
In partnership with the United States, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan has launched an innovative online platform to efficiently evaluate the safety and effectiveness of medicines. A USAID spokesperson says both the countries worked together...Dec 4, 2020 547 0 -
Pakistan’s Mahira Khan and Sania Nishtar among BBC’s pick of 100 influential women
Pakistani film star Mahira Khan and Dr. Sania Nishtar, working in a top government position on poverty alleviation, are among the BBC’s latest list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2020....Nov 27, 2020 1069 0 -
What Kamala Harris means for South Asian Americans and US South Asia policy
By Akbar Ahmed and Amitav Acharya The election of the Biden-Harris ticket in the US Presidential election is a moment of reckoning for the South Asian community in the US and the US policy towards South...Nov 13, 2020 857 0 -
The Planet needs Climate Action Superheroes
It may be up to children now to realize the dream of rescuing climate on the planet since the world is divided and actions have been less than satisfactory on many levels to limit global warming...Nov 11, 2020 2318 0 -
The India-Pakistan Conundrum
The modern Indian writer commenting on affairs between India and Pakistan has an acute dilemma: every time he or she is objective about Pakistan, his compatriots tend to see him as soft on the enemy and...Oct 27, 2020 544 0 -
The romance of the old Frontier during the British colonial era
British colonialism in the Indian subcontinent has long been a fierce topic of debate. Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, and the British all have their own deeply held personal thoughts about the long-lasting impact that the British Raj...Oct 23, 2020 749 0 -
Trump calls China, India filthy in final debate with Biden
Contrasting the United States’ climate scenario with other countries, President Donald Trump termed China and India as ‘filthy’ as he pitched his record to American voters for reelection in Nov. 3 polls. “We have the best...Oct 23, 2020 625 0 -
Historic PIA-owned Roosevelt Hotel to close down permanently by end-October
Pakistan-owned famous Roosevelt Hotel in New York City will be closing down permanently at the end of this month amid uncertainty over the coronavirus crisis that has hit the hospitality industry hard this year. “Due to...Oct 9, 2020 695 0 -
Understanding the Pakthuns through their own words
Some years ago while working on an academic project with Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University, I noticed a small book on the shelf. I began leafing through it...Sep 25, 2020 1102 0 -
Why interfaith friendships matter in our fractured world
Just 3 years ago, Pew Research Center found that fifty-five percent of Protestant Christians in the U.S. surveyed believed that Islam and democracy are naturally incompatible. The media often perpetuate this alleged incompatibility, and yet, great...Sep 25, 2020 1558 0