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NY attempted terror attack: Suspect identified as Bangladeshi Akayed Ullah
Authorities in New York City have identified the suspect as a 27-year-old man, Akayed Ullah, from Bangladesh, who attempted to carry out a terror attack on New York’s Port Authority bus terminal during Monday morning rush...December 11, 2017 1019 0 -
New York’s new manufacturing hub promises innovation, thousands of jobs
Innovation, entrepreneurship, manufacturing, services and jobs will all emerge from the opening of a renovated Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Building 77 in New York, a one-million-square-foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing hub and the largest on the 300-acre industrial campus....November 11, 2017 1381 0 -
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s daughter Dina Wadia passes away in New York
Dina Wadia, daughter of Pakistan’s founder Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away at her home in New York on Thursday at the age of 98. According to Pakistan’s Consul General Raja Ali Ejaz – cited by the...November 2, 2017 3045 0 -
NYC terror attack shocks American Muslims
The scene of the 2017 New York City attack approximately an hour after it took place Photo Credit: Gh9449/Wikimedia Commons Outraged at the loss of eight lives in Tuesday’s terror attack in Manhattan, American Muslims have...November 1, 2017 1751 0 -
Eight killed in NYC terror attack as man rams pickup truck into bicycle lane
Photo:Screenshot/MSNBC Eight people were dead and 15 more injured, in a pickup truck plowing incident late Tuesday afternoon in lower part of New York City that is being treated as a terrorist attack. A man, said...October 31, 2017 1370 0 -
Pakistani-Americans vital bridge-building force: Ambassador Aizaz Chaudhry
Pakistani and American flags fluttered at New York’s Madison Avenue as a large number of people to celebrate the 33rd Pakistan Day parade, with Ambassador Aizaz Chaudhry applauding the community’s role as bridge between the two countries....August 7, 2017 1668 0 -
Pakistan raises Kashmir issue at UN amid Indian repression
Clashes between Indian forces and Kashmir protesters Photo VOA via Wikimedia Amid brutal Indian campaign to gag protests on the streets of Kashmir, Pakistan raised the Kashmir dispute at the United Nations, eliciting a jittery response from...April 26, 2017 1298 0 -
Republican Congressman vows to defend rights of Muslims
Photo: Facebook Page A Republican lawmaker has pledged to uphold the rights of American-Muslims, saying the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion for all citizens. Speaking at a large gathering of Pakistani-Americans at the Pakistan consulate in...April 24, 2017 1156 0 -
‘US in a unique position to defuse Pakistan-India tensions’
With South Asian political temperature soaring, a top Pakistani diplomat has said the United States is in a unique position to defuse Pakistan-India tensions over hot button Jammu and Kashmir dispute, as Washington has close relations...April 16, 2017 1184 0 -
US concerned about India-Pakistan situation; to be part of efforts to deescalate tensions
Photo by Sam Holland via Wikimedia Commons In the first top level elaborate comments on tense South Asian security situation, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has said the Trump administration will try and “find its...April 4, 2017 2384 0