Pakistan

Majority of the world’s population breathes dirty air, report says

March 12, 2025 By Admin

Most of the world has dirty air, with just 17% of cities globally meeting air pollution guidelines, a report Tuesday found.

Pakistan’s president says extremist attacks won’t end friendship with China

February 6, 2025 By Admin

Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari said Wednesday that his country’s friendship with China has “gone through ups and downs” but it won’t be broken down by extremist attacks that have killed Chinese nationals.

Pakistani native named as preferred candidate for WWU president

March 31, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Western Washington University Board of Trustees named Oregon State University Provost and Executive Vice President Sabah U. Randhawa as the preferred candidate in their search for Western’s president. Randhawa […]

Oregon aviation firm tackling its first project in India

February 28, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Greg Stiles Mail Tribune MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Erickson, an American aircraft manufacturing and operating company based in Oregon, is gearing up for its first project in India, where […]

Japanese mountaineer Kei Taniguchi falls to her death from peak

January 3, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elaine Kurtenbach Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Mountaineer Kei Taniguchi fell to her death while climbing this week in the snowy Daisetsuzan range in northern Japan’s Hokkaido. She was […]

Squash, the sport, on the rise — World Championships held in Bellevue

November 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly An overlooked sport that is seeking to gain more popularity held the biggest event of its sports year in Bellevue last week. The men’s […]

Spotlight on Sri Lanka — 10th Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival

October 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The 10th Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival (SSAFF), opening on October 15th, showcases Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), an island country near southeast India. […]

VISIONARY: Patsy O’Connell knows a bit about diversity

September 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Zachariah Bryan Northwest Asian Weekly As board president and founder of the Asia Pacific Cultural Center (APCC) in Tacoma, Patsy O’Connell sees diversity every day. The APCC, founded in […]

Helping historically hidden communities — State of undocumented APIs three years after DACA

September 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Marissa Vichayapai Special to Northwest Asian Weekly Three years after the start of Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA), a federal program which provides certain undocumented immigrants protection from […]

India finalizes long-delayed land swap deal

June 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Julhas Alam Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — India and Bangladesh finalized a much-delayed land swap agreement to settle a long-running border dispute on June 6. The deal — […]