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D.C. proposes 4 locations for Amazon HQ2
Washington Monument, Photo: U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway/Wikimedia Commons Five billion dollars in investment, 50,000 new jobs. Still, that is not all that is driving American cities to house the second headquarters of commerce...Oct 17, 2017 1463 0 -
In rare move, Motion Picture Academy expels Weinstein
Photo: Zff2012/Wikimedia Commons Amid growing accusations implicating producer Harvey Weinstein in “sexually predatory behavior” toward actresses over the past decades, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has expelled him from the ace Hollywood body....Oct 14, 2017 1174 0 -
After Oscar, now it’s Emmy Award for Pakistani’s documentary
The story of a teenage Pakistani girl, who gathers courage to stand up against the discriminatory male-dominated system, continues to resonate with film and art critics as ‘A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness,’ won...Oct 7, 2017 1244 0 -
Malala speaks at American University with message of common humanity
Photo Credit: Patrick Burnett I have often wondered whether it was possible for a Muslim, especially a woman wearing a veil, to be heard with public appreciation in the USA in this time of high Islamophobia....Sep 30, 2017 4653 0 -
UN: Rohingya refugees now number half a million in the face of ‘unacceptable’ crisis
The United Nations is reporting “bone chilling” accounts of violence expreience by Rohingya refugees whose number has now swelled to half a million as they escape Myanmar’s state persecution and flee into neighboring Bangladesh. The humanitarian...Sep 29, 2017 1211 0 -
Pakistan says will work with US for Afghan stability; emphasizes political solution
While renewing its commitment to combat terrorism, Pakistan has said it would work with the United States for the goal of Afghan stability but emphasized that its landlocked western neighbor needs political settlement. “We are mindful...Sep 28, 2017 1094 0 -
Can soft power push the world from hard line politics toward peace goals?
Leaders from around the world assembled at the United Nations this week to debate the way out of new and old troubles and push the agenda for shared peace and prosperity. But the General Assembly, the...Sep 24, 2017 1705 0 -
Pakistan calls India mother of terrorism as South Asian rivals clash at UN
Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr. Maleeha Lodhi accused India of being the “mother of terrorism” in South Asia as she cited several examples of New Delhi’s fueling and backing terror. Dr. Lodhi was...Sep 23, 2017 1331 0 -
PM Abbasi wants UN special envoy on Kashmir; sees no military solution to Afghan conflict
Kashmir Map by CIA being used via Wikimedia Commons Amid heightened South Asian tensions, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has told the United Nations that India is perpetrating state-sponsored terror against Pakistan including from acorss the...Sep 21, 2017 1246 0 -
A Rohingya scholar recalls Jinnah’s affinity for the community
The Rohingya cause is lost, lamented Dr. Wakar Uddin’s father on learning of Mr. Jinnah’s death in 1948. Along with a Rohingya delegation, he had met Mr. Jinnah, the Quaid-i-Azam, twice in Dacca before independence. They...Sep 16, 2017 1861 0
