Impatient for the U.S. presidential elections which are a year away, the world waits to see what message the new president will have for the world. Will current American policies continue? Will the present policies of aggression continue? When will the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq and Afghanistan begin? For how long will votes be solicited by befooling Americans with the threat of terrorism? more>

According to the author, Musharraf's days are numbered and Washington had better start betting on Pakistan's popular democratic leadership, independent judiciary, and free media, which hold a definite future in a country that the United States cannot afford to ignore. more>

Former Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary, in a telephone conference with Rawalpindi Bar Association last week, said that the government feared that the 11-member Supreme Court would rule against Musharraf’s eligibility to hold the office of President, leaving the government no option but to impose the emergency. more>

The U.S. presidential election year is in 2008. The irony is that not a single U.S. political party is willing to raise its voice against the excesses perpetrated in the name of war against terrorism; to do so would give the rival party a chance to accuse it of maintaining a weak position on war against terrorism. more>

The United States has a bad image all over the world. If there is an accident or a tragedy anywhere in the world, it’s the United States that is blamed. The entire world looks at the United States because it’s a big and a powerful country. Now, it’s the United States that’s blamed for Pakistan’s election fever. more>

Although the journey from Pakistan to United Kingdom and United States is long and tiring, the real journey for elderly parents starts after emigration to the new country. Not least of these in encountering that their sons and daughters have undergone a shift in values regarding aged parents. more>

New York is awash with festivities these days. Yet, according to the author, in the Pakistani-American community, certain unscrupulous individuals are bringing Pakistan’s national day celebrations into disrepute. more>

The author contends that the war in Iraq is becoming a quagmire, making it increasingly difficult for the Bush administration to decide whether to extend the stay of U.S. forces in Iraq or to withdraw them. more>

According to the author, while many undocumented Pakistanis – most of them the bread earners in their families – have been deported to Pakistan, many Pakistani-American leaders have been busy welcoming and entertaining Indian film actors or vying for photo-ops for themselves in the media. more>

A Muslim, Hindu or Sikh can gain citizenship in the United States or Europe, but they cannot get citizenship from Saudi Arabia, even after a lifetime of working there. more>

A recent BBC commentary cast doubt and controversy on Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s U.S. January visit. Did Aziz visit Washington as per his desire and earlier schedule, or did President George W. Bush summon him? And what exactly was discussed at their meeting? His visit left many with questions. more>

While the Bush administration focused on war in Iraq and others on natural disasters last year, the author contends that other countries will remember 2005 as the year of women’s rights and power, with the election of several women as heads of state. Will the United States join their ranks in 2008 with Hillary and Condi? more>

The 300 immigrant families who make up Jersey City’s Pakistan Colony lived through a night of fear on December 28, 2005 when, community activists say, agents in plainclothes and unmarked vehicles monitored the Colony’s mosque. more>

The sayings of Prophet Mohammad and other stories of Muslim conquests and wars were excised from Pakistan’s new academic curriculum for 11th Graders, and replaced by stories about President Bush as a great leader. Is this a new low for Pakistani leaders? more>

Community officials gathered at a breakfast meeting hosted by the South Asian American Political Action Committee (SAAPAC) in Long Island City. It was a call to set aside ethnic differences and create a united front. more>

According to the author, mainstream U.S. media have become self-centered, neither interested nor aware of happenings around the world. more>

The writer says that it is not only the judges’ identities that have been kept hidden from the public eye in Saddam Hussein’s trial, but the witnesses and the evidence to be produced during the trial will be in secret as well. It is unjust, the writer adds, that Hussein has been charged for the murder of 150 Iraqis, while President Bush has killed 150,000 Iraqis during the past two and half years. more>

While French President Jacques Chirac, addressing the nation, promised that his government would provide justice, equal rights and opportunity to all its citizens without any discrimination, the writer says that the French Muslims know only too well that they would hardly get respect and justice. more>

The biggest advantage of the extensive coverage given by Pakistani satellite channels of the disaster of October 8 was the huge wave of sympathy and compassion it evoked among Pakistani Americans, mobilizing them to help their brethren with donations that far exceed their own expectations. more>

Personally, I don’t expect such opinion about women from Musharraf. Perhaps the General was misinterpreted when he said, “If you cannot stop rape, then enjoy the rape.” more>

Shehzad Tanveer, 42, who came to the United States 13 years ago, was detained in a Freehold, New Jersey prison for overstaying his visa. On September 9, worried about his financial predicament awaiting him in Gujranwala, Pakistan, he died of heart attack. more>

While the U.S. government and media focus mainly on Islamic militancy, the author claims that the Bush administration neglects America’s own backyard, where leftist governments are taking root. more>

On August 5, 2005, Charles Frahm, special agent-in-charge of the FBI's New York counterterrorism division, visited a mosque in Brooklyn and joined leaders of the Pakistani community in a declaration of mutual respect and abhorrence of terrorism. more>

The trouble began when Zafar Siddiqui and her daughter, Hamna, walked towards their car parked outside their home and two white men and a woman in a white car stopped next to them and started to hurl racial remarks. more>

The London blasts have heightened Muslims’ apprehension world wide. And according to the author, with the kind of security policies that liberal-thinking columnists like the New York Times’ Thomas Friedman are proposing, the Muslims’ future in this country is indeed bleak. more>

Jawed Hamdani was seeking a reward from the American and Canadian governments for his role in getting several people arrested on human trafficking charges. Instead, he is expected to be deported to Pakistan, where his life could be seriously threatened by the human traffickers. more>

The author notes that, post-9/11, he no longer notices Muslim names in public posts. He feels that Muslims in the U.S. will follow the fate of Native Americans and disappear. more>