by sqshareef | Dec 27, 2019 | News International Pakistan
We have just witnessed an eventful week in which far-reaching extraordinary events took place in many different corners of the world, many unrelated to each other yet head-spinning in their import. On December 13, the Judiciary Committee of US House of Representatives...
by sqshareef | Dec 14, 2019 | News International Pakistan
Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in the US on the fourth Thursday of every November. Many people travel on this holiday to spend time with family. Consequently, most employers also give Friday off, creating a four-day weekend. It is a non-religious holiday...
by sqshareef | Nov 26, 2019 | News International Pakistan
This week the impeachment inquiry into President Trump moved into a new phase with public hearings by witnesses who have knowledge of the president’s communication with Volodmyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine. The matter was brought to Congress a few weeks ago when a...
by sqshareef | Nov 10, 2019 | News International Pakistan
In September 1977 I arrived in Cincinnati, Ohio to attend graduate business school. I knew almost nothing about this place except that they offered me a full scholarship. That was sufficient reason for me. As I settled in, I realized there was a very small Muslim...
by sqshareef | Nov 10, 2019 | News International Pakistan
Being a Pakistani-American who has lived in the US for over four decades, I often get asked by my American friends what Pakistan is like. In this age of instant mass media we develop impressions of faraway lands based on snippets we see on television or on the...
by sqshareef | Oct 9, 2019 | News International Pakistan
On September 24, 2019 Nancy Pelosi speaker of the US House of Representatives announced she had initiated an impeachment inquiry against US President Donald Trump. Impeachment is a process provided in the US constitution through which a senior government official can...
by sqshareef | Oct 7, 2019 | News International Pakistan
On May 8, 2018 President Trump announced that the US would exit the so-called Iran nuclear deal, painstakingly negotiated and signed in 2015 between Iran on one side, and the US, Russia, China, European Union and United Nations on the other. The objective of the deal...
by sqshareef | Oct 7, 2019 | News International Pakistan
The next presidential election in the US is scheduled for November 2020, almost 14 months away. However, campaigning is already in full swing.The US is the oldest democracy in the world and rightfully prides itself at having an unbroken record of peaceful and...
by sqshareef | Oct 7, 2019 | News International Pakistan
The last three weeks have been agonizing for the Pakistani diaspora in the US as the matter of Kashmir has descended from a conflict to an outright catastrophe, particularly so for Muslims of Indian-held Kashmir. The status of the people of Kashmir has been precarious...
by sqshareef | Aug 24, 2019 | News International Pakistan
Gun violence on a mass scale is a sad phenomenon unique to America. This may be the only country where privately owned guns outnumber the total population. Just in the last two weeks there have been three mass shootings resulting in the deaths of 34 innocent civilians...
by sqshareef | Aug 6, 2019 | News International Pakistan
Last week Prime Minister Imran Khan completed his first visit to the US since coming into office. All indications are that the trip was a great success, even though it is hard to know what all was discussed between him and the US president and what agreements may have...
by sqshareef | Aug 6, 2019 | News International Pakistan
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s upcoming visit to Washington DC is being awaited with much anticipation, particularly by the Pakistani-American community. Of course, his primary goal is to meet with President Trump and discuss matters of mutual interest. One can...
