Tahir Javed and Shahid Javed Host Dinner Reception in Honour of Rana M Qasim Noon, Federal Minister and Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Pakistan Chronicle Report by Tariq Khan Tahir Javed and Shahid Javed hosted a dinner reception at Mezban Restaurant in honour of Rana M Qasim Noon, Federal Minister and Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir, Pakistan. The evening brought together prominent Pakistani Americans, diplomatic representatives, advocates for Kashmir and members of the media in a warm and dignified setting. Guests gather for a group photograph…
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Kashmir Conference in Houston Calls for UN Resolution Implementation
Kashmir Conference in Houston: Demand for UN to Implement Its Resolutions, Strong Condemnation of Human Rights Violations Pakistan Chronicle Report by Tariq Khan Houston (Special Report) — At an important Kashmir conference held here under the chairmanship of Pakistan’s Consul General, Aftab Chaudhary, speakers strongly condemned the grave human rights violations in Indian-occupied Kashmir and called on the United Nations to ensure the immediate and full implementation of its resolutions on Kashmir. The conference was hosted by Tahir Javed, a prominent Houston businessman and political leader. The chief guest was…
Read MoreBlack Vote 2026: Turnout, Resistance and Political Representation
Profiling America’s Changing Electorate – The Black Vote in 2026: Turnout, Resistance and the Fight for Representation By Tariq Khan | Pakistan Chronicle Report from the American Community Media national news briefing, 2 October 2026 Black voters remain the most loyal voting group in the Democratic Party, but loyalty alone does not fill polling stations. That was the central message of a national briefing hosted by American Community Media on 2 October 2026. A voting rights plaintiff, a political scientist and a campaign strategist explained what could shape the midterm…
Read MoreTexas Voter Registration Deadline Oct 5: Midterm Guide
Reporting on Elections and the Midterms: With the Texas Civil Rights Project Texas voter registration closes Monday, October 5. Here is what Pakistani American readers and community media need to know before the November 3 election. By Tariq Khan | Pakistan Chronicle | October 2, 2026 Texas voters have three days left to register for the November 3 general election, and a room full of journalists has just been told to make sure nobody misses it. On September 29, Houston Community Media, American Community Media and the Texas Civil Rights…
Read MoreSupreme Court Mail-Ballot Ruling: Protections Continue Through Election
Supreme Court Ruling on Mail-In Votes: Multiracial Coalition of Advocates Discuss How They Won, What It Means for the Future The Supreme Court’s mail-ballot ruling protects vote-by-mail access through the November 3 midterm election. (Image: American Community Media) On September 22, 2026, American Community Media (ACoM) hosted a national press briefing bringing together the attorneys behind a major legal win for mail-in voters ahead of the November 3 midterm election. The briefing came just over a week after the U.S. Supreme Court declined the federal government’s request to stay a…
Read MoreRural Healthcare Crisis in America | Hospital Closures and Costs
Who Can Afford to Stay Healthy? Rural Hospitals Face a Breaking Point By Tariq Khan, Pakistan Chronicle for American Community Media | September 18, 2026 A rural road in the United States. More than 66 million Americans, one in five people nationwide, live in rural areas. A Crisis Decades in the Making More than 66 million Americans, one in five people in the country, live in rural areas, and the healthcare system that serves them is under mounting strain. That was the message delivered on September 18, 2026, when American…
Read MoreICE Surveillance, Flock Cameras and Immigrant Privacy in America
Surveillance Without a Warrant: Legal Experts Say the Fourth Amendment Is the Last Line of Defence By Tariq Khan | Pakistan Chronicle | 16 September 2026 SAN FRANCISCO — American Community Media convened a three-hour media briefing at the World Affairs Center on 312 Sutter Street on 10 September, bringing together attorneys, researchers and civil liberties advocates to examine what organisers called the stealth chapter in the war on immigrants: an immigration enforcement apparatus now built on facial recognition, drones, licence plate readers and artificial intelligence, operating largely outside judicial…
Read MoreSuper El Niño 2026: Historic Pacific Warming Could Impact Texas and California
Super El Niño Bears Down: What a Historic Pacific Warming Means for Texas, California and Beyond By Tariq Khan | Pakistan Chronicle | August 21, 2026 A Copernicus Climate Change Service forecast map, built on the ECMWF SEAS5 model, shows sea-surface temperature anomalies exceeding 2°C across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific by October 2026. (Image courtesy of Daniel Swain / American Community Media) HOUSTON — For Tariq Khan, publisher of Pakistan Chronicle and South Asian Chronicle, extreme weather in Texas is not an abstraction. Nearly a decade after Hurricane…
Read MoreNew Public Charge Rules Create Uncertainty for Immigrants and Families
New Public Charge Rules Have Chilling Effects on Immigrants and Their Children Pakistani American families face fresh uncertainty as an expanded federal rule nears its September 18 rollout By Tariq Khan | Pakistan Chronicle A Rule With Broad New Reach A revived and dramatically expanded public charge rule is already reshaping decisions inside Pakistani American households, immigration and health policy experts said during a national news briefing hosted by American Community Media (ACoM) on Friday, August 7. The rule, scheduled to take effect September 18, hands federal immigration officials wide…
Read MoreLatino Vote 2026: What Will Shape Hispanic Voters in Midterm Elections?
The Latino Vote: Profiling America’s Changing Electorate First in a Series Ahead of the 2026 Midterms American Community Media National News Briefing | Friday, 28 August 2026 A First Look Ahead of the 2026 Midterms American Community Media convened a national news briefing on 28 August 2026, the first in a series profiling the country’s changing electorate ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Titled “The Latino Vote: Profiling America’s Changing Electorate,” the session gathered four leading voices on Hispanic political behaviour: Republican strategist Mike Madrid, Equis Research’s Maria Isabel Di…
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