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Pakistan’s national carrier, PIA, is readying to resume its direct flights to the United States from April 2020. The airline has sought permission from the U.S. and worked out a plan to restore its flights to...

One of my favorite classes I’ve taken at American University, The World of Islam, has introduced me to new ideas about how the Islamic World can be understood. Our professor, Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, the former Pakistani...

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated the Kartarpur Corridor on Saturday, for Indian Sikhs, allowing them to visit the Guru Nanak’s final resting place Gurdwara Darbar Sahib. The corridor running four kilometer provides visa-free access to...

Manmohan Singh, the former prime minister of India, is hopeful that if replicated the Kartarpur corridor  model – which will see opening up of Sikhism’s second holiest site on Saturday – could help find lasting resolution...

By Anjali Singh, Mayra Bokhari What is the purpose of life? Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, former Pakistani High Commissioner and Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University, raised this question in his class World of...

Journey into America, a documentary film about Islam in America by Akbar Ahmed, the former High Commissioner from Pakistan to the United Kingdom and Ireland and the current Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American...

Vanessa O’ Brien has been a prominent financial expert and business executive for years. But economics is not the only area of her expertise. She is a seasoned mountaineer, the first American woman to surmount K-2...

Pakistan and India have signed an agreement to open the Kartarpur corridor, paving the way for the Sikh community to make a pilgrimage to the historical Gurdwara from November 9. Sikh communities across the world have...

Al Mustafa Trust, one of the largest charitable healthcare organizations in Pakistan, held a fund-raising dinner in Falls Church, VA last week, with some leading Pakistani-American doctors and  philanthropists in attendance. The event afforded Pakistani-Americans an...

Amid continuing humanitarian catastrophe in the Indian-administered Kashmir, a senior State Department official told lawmakers at a hearing on Tuesday that Kashmiris’ voice needs to be heard once political process is restored. Acting Assistant Secretary of...