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Jun

Pakistan’s US diaspora: a picture from Houston

By Shahid Javed Burki Published in The Express Tribune on June 21, 2021 I am writing this column after concluding a short visit to Houston, reportedly the fourth largest city in the United States, after New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Because of fairly large-scale immigration into the city, Houston is likely to overtake Chicago and become […]

16

Jun

Biden picks Pakistan-origin Big Tech critic as top federal regulator

Published in DAWN on June 16, 2021 US President Joe Biden on Tuesday installed an energetic critic of Big Tech as a top federal regulator at a time when the industry is under intense pressure from Congress, regulators and state attorneys general. The selection of Pakistan-origin legal scholar Lina Khan to head the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)[…]

15

Jun

Pakistan becomes manpower export leader in region: ministry

Published in The Express Tribune on June 14, 2021 SAPM Sayed Zulfiqar Bukhari announced on Monday that Pakistan had become a regional ‘Manpower Export Leader’ despite the Covid-19 pandemic. According to a tweet from the ministry, more than 224,705 Pakistanis went abroad for employment in 2020 as compared to 217,699 from Bangladesh and 94,145 from India. In May,[…]