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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...

After embracing e-government technologies in revenue and traffic regulation, Pakistan’s Punjab province has launched a smartphone application enabling women to report incidents of harassment to police to promote women’s safety. Users, who feel threatened can call...

New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, joined by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Tuesday proposed to make college tuition-free for middle class families in state colleges. Under the proposal, more than 940,000 middle class families...

Times Square in Manhattan Photo by Chensiyuan (chensiyuan) via Wikimedia Commons In a development likely to lift income levels for millions of workers, 19 U.S. states raised the minimum wage Monday as Americans celebrated the start...

Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city Photo by Rahib ALi (Citizen)) , via Wikimedia Commons Lahore’s busiest Mall road remained the theater of protest rallies by politicians, farmers and teachers throughout the year 2016 and capital Islamabad’s...

A crowd of more than one million merrymakers welcomed the New Year 2017 at New York’s Times Square in a colorful burst of crystal triangles from the ball drop. The revelers welcomed the new year with...

Inheriting a global stage ridden with conflicts, new UN Secretary-General António Guterres has pledged to make 2017 a year for peace. “On this New Year’s Day, I ask all of you to join me in making...

Old Town Alexandria has certain attractions – history, harbor, architecture, brick-lined and cobblestone-strewn streets – that few places in the Metro Area can boast of. But come holidays and Alexandria multiplies its mystique and charms. Sparkling...

How to describe legacy of the man who embodied so many attributes of human greatness, and whose achievements transcend borders and eras and continue to inspire so many millions? In fact, a befitting account of all...

Tarbela Dam during 2010 floods Photo Credit: Paul Duncan, U.S. Marine Corps via Wikimedia Commons This week Pakistan made its latest nuclear power project – a 340 MW Chashma-3 (C-3) plant – operational and connected it...