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In the recent face-to-face encounter, an antagonistic Barack Obama landed telling blows on contender Mitt Romney as naked dislike boiled over between the White House foes in a tense debate. Obama – widely perceived to have lost their first encounter – came out swinging in New York on the economy, tax and foreign policy. According […]
In what appeared to be an optimistic statement for Kashmiris, the United States has said that it wants to see purposeful talks between Pakistan and India on Kashmir issue. During a media briefing, US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said that the recent improvement in bilateral relations of the two neighboring countries should lead to […]
Underscoring the enhancement of people-to-people contact, former US ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter has urged for a broader approach to fostering long-term ties between Pakistan and the United States. While addressing a think-thank, the former envoy emphasized the need for Washington and Islamabad to come out of the competing narratives that fault the other for […]
To The Point: Peace a distant dream with constant hate material In the 21st century, it is honestly very disappointing to see how widespread hate for people’s religion, caste, colour and status still exists in this world and with the latest hate material like blasphemous movies and cartoons continuing to pop up in the most […]
Blasphemy of the Prophet (PBUH) and the Western World While blasphemy of the Prophet (PBUH) cannot be tolerated in any situation, there must be certain limits drawn to how we handle the situation in our own countries and the level of distress was cause each other. The other day, I participated in a […]
Upcoming season crucial for Miami Heat and its star player LeBron James yet again National Basketball Association 2012-2013 season is just round the corner, turning millions of fan around the world ready to rumble. At the time when the Eastern and Western Conference elites of NBA will be gearing up to fancy their chances for […]
As the National day of Vietnam approaches, the USA has congratulated and sends best wishes for the country’s people in advance. In her message to the Vietnam government and the people, America’s secretary for foreign affairs, Hillary Clinton said, “On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I would like to […]
WASHINGTON, August 30, 2012 – Global food prices soared by 10 percent in July from a month ago, with maize and soybean reaching all-time peaks due to an unprecedented summer of droughts and high temperatures in both the United States and Eastern Europe, according to the World Bank Group’s latest Food Price Watch report. From […]
Religious Extremism not to be compared with Islam or Pakistan Unfortunately, my previous article, ‘Has Religious Extremism Gotten to the Point of No Return’, was literally taken by some people on social media to be blaming Islam or Muslims in Pakistan, but there was definitely no such reference in that. What is mentioned above […]
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in partnership with American Voices, announced today that the Birmingham, Alabama-based Acoustic Rock/Americana group Act of Congress will tour Asia this fall as part of the American Music Abroad series. Act of Congress will tour Thailand (September 2-10), the Philippines (Sept. 11-17), Palau (Sept. […]
In the spirit of harnessing the ingenuity of the American people, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance launched today the “Innovation in Arms Control Challenge” where we ask the public, “How Can the Crowd Support Arms Control Transparency Efforts?” Over the past three years, the U.S. Department of State […]
Islamabad: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has formed four-member committee headed by the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar, to look into Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s case. The decision to form the committee to take up the lingering issue of the Pakistani girl jailed in the USA was taken after a meeting here at […]
