Lobbying in Washington: Pakistan’s uphill struggle on December 1, 2019On a cozy evening in Washington, Pakistan house – the resident Ambassador of Pakistan was expecting a big gathering. Ambassador Sherry Rehman whispered in the ears of Mark Seigel, “How many we are expecting?”, “I have reached out to more than fifteen congressional leaders, let’s see how many we get,” said Mark Seigel who was […]
Kashmir: India on its knees at the US Capitol on November 20, 2019Thursday, November 14, 2019, was a historic day for the Kashmir struggle when Kashmiris was chanting “Free Kashmir” inside the US Congress building. It was the second hearing, in less than a month, at the US Capitol for human rights violations in Indian administered Kashmir. This time, Kashmiri Americans brought India on its knees. “Jammu […]
Kashmir hearing at US capitol: what went wrong? on November 5, 2019On October 22, 2019, when the world was making history on Indian administered Kashmir, Pakistani media went on a silent, complete blackout. After months and months of lobbying at the US Capitol, “the big day” had finally arrived – a special hearing on human rights in South Asia – a briefing primarily on Kashmir. That […]
Losing identity on foreign soil on October 20, 2019Whiling wiping off his tears, he looked at me and said, “I was not one of them, I was not corrupt that’s the only issue they had with me. After Gen. Musharaf’s government ouster, bureaucracy in my division ganged-up against me and put me in jail for violations of authority. I came out on bail, […]
A Pakistani American in Old Folks Home – Bitter Truth on August 31, 2019Last year in October 2018, I was invited to a friend’s family meeting where they were having an emotional debate on whether they should send their mother to a nursing home or not. The room was full of people of all ages, mostly over fifty. While I was settling in the corner of the room, […]
Air pollution-its sources and hazards on June 11, 2019Pollution is now a humdrum term, that our ears are accustomed to. Air pollution is one of such form that refers to the contamination of the air, irrespective of indoors or outside. A physical, biological or chemical alteration to the air in the atmosphere can be termed as pollution. It occurs when any harmful gases, […]
Boosting Pakistan with Artificial Intelligence on November 17, 2018One thinks of Artificial intelligence (AI) as robots walking on the streets or driverless cars waiting for passengers out of a five-star hotel. It is true to some extent but it is a very tiny subset of AI at large. Today, the world is turning AI into human services, where we can harness AI to […]
Blockchain technologists: our next big export? on September 28, 2018The modern world is becoming increasingly digitised, and cryptocurrency exchanges have been rising in terms of value in recent months. Many would disagree with this because of the recent decline in cryptocurrency value, but infrastructure to accommodate digitization is on the rise. Last week, multi-trillion dollar asset manager Fidelity Investments USA launched a new project […]