Posted on March 7, 2012 by beenasarwar
New York-based Indo-Pak couple Ibrahim and Pramilla Malick: People connect in a heartwarming way but both countries try their best to keep us apart.
My report for IPS published on Feb 16, 2012 – Pakistani-Americans await changes to India’s discriminatory visa rules
Incidentally, Indian expats face the same restrictions.
Story also copy-pasted below.
By Beena Sarwar
BOSTON: India and Pakistan have agreed to ease visa restrictions on each other’s citizens – but until that actually happens, American citizens with dual Pakistani nationality will continue to face what they allege is discrimination by the Indian visa authorities. Continue reading →
Filed under: Pakistan-India | Tagged: India, milnedo, Pakistan, state department, visa | 6 Comments »
Posted on March 4, 2012 by beenasarwar
Update to the news below: Professor Asad Abidi Named the Inaugural Holder of the Abdus Salam Chair at LUMS, (Jan. 2017)
Exciting news from Adil Najam, Vice Chancellor of LUMS – for those who don’t know him, Dr. Adil Najam was the Frederick S. Pardee Professor of Global Public Policy at Boston University and served as a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), work for which the IPCC was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize along with Al Gore. He left BU (where his office had the most gorgeous view overlooking the Charles River) to head the Lahore University of Management Sciences. Continue reading →
Filed under: Education | Tagged: #PakPositive, Adil Najam, Education, Lahore, LUMS, Nobel prize, Pakistan, Sharmeen Obaid Oscar | 5 Comments »
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