Even wars can be won with the help of media in today’s world. The media first presents the government’s plans to the public, then, by providing one-sided information, it makes the case to the public to believe in these plans. The writer warns we should examine the media’s portrayal of Iran. more>

As the United States plans to shut down military bases in the country, the government seems to be unmindful of the hazardous effects of the U.S. military bases overseas on the lives of millions of people. more>

The writer objects to the resolution passed by the National Assembly (Pakistan’s lower house of parliament) denouncing a controversial cartoon from The Washington Times that portrays Pakistan as a dog, petted by a U.S. soldier. Is this pet love or national derision? more>

The influential preacher, Pat Robertson, has said on television that Muslims should not be appointed to important positions in the U.S. government because they don’t believe in God. It appears that religious ‘gangsterism’ is not limited to Pakistan. more>

When satellite television depicts Pakistani policemen treating female students roughly, the effects ripple throughout the Diaspora. Is the parents’ nostalgia for the old country well founded? more>

The United States supplies F-16 aircrafts to Pakistan and F-18s to India while trying to spread democracy in the Middle East by passing legislation in the Washington-branded in Iraq National Assembly. Can people see the contradiction? more>

A group of Pakistani American doctors will join in the efforts to achieve lasting peace in South Asia by promoting greater understanding and friendship between India and Pakistan. more>

The Pakistani government has dug itself into a hole: it owes over half-a-million dollars to New York City for traffic violations since 1997. more>

All Muslims are enjoined by the Koran to show generosity towards those in need. Why, then, the surge of stinginess in the wake of the South Asian disaster? more>

An Asian American Federation report reveals that Pakistani Americans are relatively impoverished compared to New York’s population in general. Victims of hate crimes and job discrimination after the 9/11 attacks, the increasing numbers of Pakistanis below the poverty line spell out concern for the community. more>

The arrival of Pakistani television to America is disastrous for Pakistanis who have made the United States their permanent home. The world in which the American Pakistanis live in is full of Pakistani soap operas that focus only on family problems, and under the influence of an illusory India, brought to them by pirated Indian DVD movies. They are disconnected from their American reality. more>

According to a report in the Chicago Tribune, Obama said the United States should have the option of attacking Pakistan’s and Iran’s nuclear arsenals with missiles, because both the countries have nuclear weapons. The Muslim and Pakistani communities are in shock, while Obama insists his statement were distorted and taken out of context. more>

Although they are as Pakistani as their Muslim compatriots, here and back home Christians are considered second-class citizens. Now they look to make a difference. more>

Some people are trying to defame the Pakistani community by magnifying examples of some negative trends, forgetting that there are always both good and bad people in every community. Ours is certainly no exception. But, there are many Pakistanis who are quietly rendering invaluable services to the community. more>

While the U.S. public considers Saddam Hussain a criminal, it is not ready to absolve President Bush of any wrongdoing. This fact, among several others, that suggest that the winds of change are here. more>

Gang violence has reached Jersey City’s affluent “Pakistani Colony.” This has gone unnoticed by many parents, who are too busy making more money. more>

At a Chicago college presentation, Pakistani poet Iftikhar Naseem encountered a student wearing a Hijab, who turned the conversation of poetry into politics. The author reflects on Islamic religion, secular America and the complex effect on Muslim youth. more>

The atrocities that have surfaced in the Abu Ghraib prison are not unique to Iraq. These “excesses?are also found in prisons across the U.S. where the privatization of prisons is big business. more>

The additional information coming out about the Iraqi prisoners shows that hundreds of thousands of Iraqis are under U.S. imprisonment. It would follow then that many millions more would be in the ranks of resistance. This makes it clear that the Iraqis are not accepting the American brand of democracy. more>

Musharraf can afford the luxury of ignoring Pakistan’s political parties and public sentiment. But the general won't ignore America's needs and compulsions. more>

Indian Americans have settled in very well in the United States and have made inroads politically and economically throughout the country. In contrast, look at our Pakistani community, with its doctors busy building hospitals in Pakistan for the elite. more>

General Pervez Musharraf’s son, Bilal Musharraf, and the general’s brother, Naveed Musharraf, both based in the United States, had to listen to criticism of the Pakistani ruler and his government during a conference here in Boston. In turn, they criticized Pakistani politicians who have never made a difference. more>

“Look this country has snatched my two children from me. I did attain monetary prosperity, but what should I do with the wealth that has deprived me of my family. You might consider me a very lucky person, but I don’t consider myself so. I will repent my decision of coming to America in search of prosperity all my life.” more>

Speaking to a crowd of 400 Pakistani community members, three prominent U.S. Senators said that the only way to counter the Bush Administration’s policies of ethnic and racial profiling was to send President Bush back home to Texas. more>

Pakistan has strongly denied a report by The New Yorker magazine, which says that Islamabad reached an agreement with the United States allowing thousands of U.S. troops to hunt down Osama Bin Ladin in Pakistan. The whole affair is so serious that it has sent ripples of anxiety through the Pakistani community living overseas. more>

Back in 1996, a magazine article appeared that provoked Jewish organizations to convene and find a way to stop trends towards intermarriage and secularism. Now, let’s look at ourselves. more>

While the Pakistani Embassy here is keeping a mum like a Buddha, the media blitz on Pakistan's alleged irresponsible proliferation of nuclear technology rages on. more>