In both the U.S. and Pakistan, the rich are getting richer while the poor are getting poorer. While the middle class struggles, the rise of groups like the Tea Party, which aim to limit services to lower income Americans, don't paint a positive picture for the future of democratic prosperity. more>

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The American Muslim community must also answer the million dollar question: Why did they feel the need to build a mosque neat Ground Zero in utter disregard to America's current charged political and social environment? 

VIDEO :: A proposed Islamic cultural center just blocks from the World Trade Center continues to inspire fiery debate. CBS's Michelle Miller reports.

AUDIO :: Competing rallies were held in Lower Manhattan August 22nd over the proposed Islamic center near the WTC site. more>

According to Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN), public pressure is mounting on the Democrats who won the 2008 election on the promise of reforming the immigration system.

VIDEO :: President Obama's message to Immigration Reform marchers at the March 21, 2010 rally in the capitol. more>

Members of the Pakistani-American community don't hide their frustration at the indifference of the community leaders towards the fresh warning of growing trend of extremism amongst American Muslims, including Pakistanis. more>

Workers from different South Asian countries toil on the streets of this Queens neighborhood to earn a living. But, many work for almost nothing.

VIDEO :: A documentary on the South Asian community in New York, with a focus on the Jackson Heights locality. more>

President of the Middle East Institute Wendy Chamberlin has said that the United States is carrying out drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal regions bordering Afghanistan with the quiet approval of Islamabad. According to her, drone attacks could not be blamed for the agitated public mood in Pakistan – a situation which is far more complex. more>

Admitting there is little communication between the large number of South Asians living in Fairfax County and the police, Dwight L. Bower, director of Recruiting and Testing at the Fairfax County Police Academy, pointed to efforts being made to attract South Asians into the department as good steps to enhance understanding.  more>

Talking to Pakistan Post at the residence of prominent Pakistani American Mohammad Tufail at Potomac, Maryland, last week Congressman Ellison said progress was being made in the Congress on healthcare reform. more>

The U.S. Senate and billionaire pledges for aid by friends of Pakistan have given a new lease of life to President Asif Ali Zardari's government. However, what is the guarantee that the money will not end up in President Zardari's personal Swiss bank accounts? 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 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>

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>

U.S. immigration authorities, not wanting to take any chances, regularly deport two to three Pakistani passengers aboard the Pakistani national flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines, upon arriving in the United States, airline sources said. Given the rigorous background checks conducted by U.S. authorities before issuing a visa, the deportations are a cause for concern. 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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

One of the few things that deserves full appreciation in the worst human-rights violations and physical abuse of the Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison is its complete exposure to the world. It would be unfair not to pay tribute to the level of freedom of press in the United States. 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>