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Montgomery County Muslim foundation feeds low-income people in the spirit of holidays
Montgomery County Muslim Foundation, a leading Muslim community welfare organization, hosted a Holiday Drive-Thru Distribution at its office and distributed 40,000 pounds of food to low-income families in Montgomery County. The drive was part of the...Dec 25, 2020 601 0 -
COVID Fight: Stimulus help is on the way with hope for the economy
After months of partisan fighting, lawmakers have finally agreed on passing a $900 billion relief package for people struggling during the coronavirus-caused economic downturn. In the latest development, the House of Representatives okayed the bill authorizing...Dec 22, 2020 401 0 -
Pakistani-American Ali Zaidi picked as White House climate adviser
Pakistani-American Ali Zaidi has been picked to serve as deputy White House Climate Coordinator, President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team announced. Zaidi is currently working as New York’s deputy secretary for energy and environment and has been a...Dec 18, 2020 977 0 -
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 -
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 855 0 -
Dates – A great gift of the Indus Civilization
Dates are among the most popular fruits in the Middle East and South Asia. Pakistan’s Sindh province is home to some of the ancient places where dates have been grown for their commercial value. I was...Nov 13, 2020 1679 0 -
An enquiry into Nietzsche’s concept of Superman and Iqbal’s illustration of Perfect Man
When Friedrich Nietzsche ran to stop the brutal owner of a horse from thrashing it mercilessly in Turin, Italy, and threw his arms around the animal crying, “I understand your pain,” it gave us an extraordinary insight...Nov 9, 2020 5644 0 -
The fight for the White House continues two days after polls
Americans are still not clear about who will their president for the next four years as delays in counting mailed in ballots continued more than 24 hours after the 2020 election voting ended on Tuesday. Democratic...Nov 5, 2020 405 0 -
Why Napoleon provides Macron the way to bridge-building with French Muslims
As I write these lines, it appears that Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, has declared war on Islam after the tragic and unacceptable beheading of Samuel Paty, the French teacher. As a teacher myself, I...Oct 30, 2020 1175 0 -
Coronavirus disruption causes loss of $320 billion in tourism exports
Shutdowns of global travel and trade in the midst of raging coronavirus pandemic have cost the world $320 billion in tourism exports, and the recovery appears to be a slow-paced process. Data from the UN World...Sep 2, 2020 719 0