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Opinion Pieces at the News International Pakistan
A Successful Visit, published on July 31, 2019
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 been reached. Read more…
The PM Visits Washington, published on July 17, 2019
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 assume the president will focus on US goals regarding exit from Afghanistan and the subsequent aftermath in that country. The prime minister will likely look for American support for Pakistan’s financial needs. Read more…
RADICAL LOVE, Published July 3, 2019
Elections for mayor of Istanbul were held on June 23 and opposition CHP party candidate Ekrem Imamoglu was declared the winner with almost 800,000 votes. Read More…
Red or Blue ? Published June 19, 2019
Over the past several election cycles, politics in the US has become extremely polarized. Based on electoral laws, votes for the president go to the candidate receiving the most votes in each of the 50 US states. Read more…
Celebrating Eid in America – Published June 5, 2019
Eid was celebrated across America yesterday (June 4). By now most mosques here follow national Islamic organizations regarding the date for this festival. One of the largest such organizations, the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), had announced days ago that June 4 would be the date for Eid. Read more…
Cost of War – Published May 22, 2019
I recently attended a presentation in Washington DC by Dr Catherine Lutz, a professor at the prestigious Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Among her areas of expertise are ‘war and security’. Dr Lutz has just completed a study of the costs of American wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, launched in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks of 2001, and which continue to this day. Read more…
Rise of Tribalism – Published May 8, 2019
I recently watched a documentary titled ‘Re-Generation’. It was produced and directed by a Bosnian couple Emir Kapetanovic and Zana Marjanovic. The documentary traces 10 youth from various ethnic communities of Bosnia as they try to explore reconciliation 25 years after the civil war of the 1990s. Read more…
Muslim Women in Congress – Published April 24, 2019
In the November 2018 elections, large numbers of women and minorities were elected to the US Congress. Among them are the first two Muslim women, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Read More..
Real or fake? Published on March 14, 2019
Over the last few days, it appears the temperature in the India-Pakistan conflict has come down a bit, much to the relief of the world, and particularly for the Pakistani-American community. Read more…
Leadership – Published March 27, 2019
By now much has been written and said about the terrorist attack on March 15 in Christchurch, New Zealand that claimed the lives of 51 innocent Muslims as they worshipped in their mosques on a Friday. Victims ranged from a three-year-old child to men and women well into their 70s. Read more…