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The 2016 political season – marked by long rhetorical campaigns and divergent slogans – has resulted in a vigorous debate about its impact on the American society. Particularly, the ‘us vs them’ sounding rhetoric – and implications...

Featured Image: Wagha Border Photo by Daniel Hauptstein via Wikimedia Commons Pakistan High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit has said Islamabad is ready to hold a dialogue with New Delhi on the sidelines of the Heart...

Featured Image: Fidel Castro speaking in Havana, 1978. Photo by Marcelo Montecino via Wikimedia Commons The death of Fidel Castro, who remained a figure of contrasting and divergent descriptions to Cubans and the world – as revolutionary...

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has appointed Lt. General Qamar Javed Bajwa as the new Chief of Army Staff upon General Raheel Sharif’s retirement on November 29. This transition in military leadership is significant as Gen...

Janss Steps, Royce Hall in background, University of California, LA, Photo by  b r e n t (UCLA) via Wikimedia Commons Over one million international students are studying at U.S. colleges and universitie during the 2015-16 academic...

Hillary Clinton delivering concession speech in NY November 9, 2016 Photo Screenshot/ABC News President Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, urged Hillary Clinton to concede to her Republican rival, Donald Trump, on the night of her...

Pakistan’s outgoing army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif has been showered with praise from across the country for his professionalism that saw his forces combat terrorism in the tribal areas and elsewhere with unprecedented success. But that...

Featured Image courtesy Pakistan Mission to UN (www.pffny.com) A website on the upcoming Pakistani Film Festival in New York is up, offering some exciting clips from movies to be screened, and informing people how they can...

Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Dubravka Simonovic, speaks to the press in Buenos Aires, November 21, 2016. Photo UNIC /Buenos Aires. Women’s rights have been set back in several places even as awareness about human...

Featured Image shows Indus River in Kharmang District, Pakistan, Photo by Shahnawaz Zafar  via Wikimedia Commons Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has threatened to stop the flow of Indus river waters into Pakistan – in contravention of...