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Nergis Mavalvala, a famed Pakistani-American astrophysicist, will be the new dean of the School of Science at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology from next month. She will be the first woman to serve as dean...

Pakistani-American scientist Nergis Mavalvala, professor of astrophysics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who was a lead scientist in the team that discovered gravitational waves, has been recognized with the Great Immigrants award. “Our annual tribute to...

How critically immigrants contribute to United States’ scientific and technological superiority over other countries was evident this week after it emerged that all six American recipients of 2016 Nobel Prizes announced so far are immigrants. The...

February 2016 saw four Pakistanis distinguish themselves with extraordinary achievements in the fields of science, technology and arts. Professor Nergis Mavalvala, a prominent Pakistani-American MIT scientist and Imran Khan, a PhD candidate working at Italy’s Gran...

In Pakistan, the provincial Punjab Assembly passed a landmark legislation last week, criminalizing all forms of violence against women. A few days later, the Council of Islamic Ideology, a federal advisory body, ruled the law as...

Two Pakistanis were members of the team of scientists and engineers that discovered gravitational waves in the fabric of space and time, confirming Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, and heralding new era of uncovering mysteries...