General Faiz’s Sentence, Imran Khan’s Future, and the Next Chapter of the Power Game By Raja Zahid Akhtar Khanzada In the politics of power, there are decisions that appear on paper as just a few lines, yet quietly redraw the entire map of fear, hope, and authority for decades to come. The conviction of retired Lieutenant General Faiz Hamid by a military court and his sentence of fourteen years of rigorous imprisonment is one such decision. At first glance, it looks like the accountability of a retired general. Look closer, and it becomes a newly drawn line between three pasts…
Author: Raja Zahid Khanzada
Health Insurance Update for Our Community. Important Changes Coming January 1, 2026 By Shawkat Licensed Insurance Professional Introduction The Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as Obamacare, has helped millions of Americans secure quality health insurance. During the pandemic, enhanced premium tax credits were introduced as temporary financial assistance, making insurance more affordable than ever. Many individuals and families benefited from extremely low, and sometimes even zero-dollar, monthly premiums. However, the U.S. Senate has recently rejected the renewal of these enhanced subsidies. As a result, this temporary financial support will end on December 31, 2025. Beginning January 1, 2026, Marketplace…
Grace Bierman A Life of Generosity, Dignity, and Quiet Brilliance By: Zahid Akhtar Raja Zahid Akhtar Khanzada Some people do not merely pass through the world. They carve pathways, build shelter within hearts, and leave chapters of humanity written not in ink but in the memories of those they touched. Grace Bierman was one of those rare lives — a story that does not end, only changes breath. My introduction to her came through a convergence of journalism and security work. Though my profession is journalism and my byline is known in that world, I also hold a security license.…
The Language of Politics, the Voice of Institutions, and the Tremor of a Press Conference By Raja Zahid Akhtar Khanzada There was a time when politics in Pakistan carried its own etiquette. A certain civility shaped the vocabulary of public life. In gatherings of the elders, words were weighed before they were spoken. Somewhere along the road, that tradition fractured. A different kind of language entered the political arena, the kind that even the alleys and marketplaces once hesitated to embrace. During Nawaz Sharif’s tenure, I often sat in the press gallery of the National Assembly and heard Sheikh Rashid…
Delaware arrests Pakistani born student after discovery of weapons and alleged attack plans targeting university police, federal charges follow By Raja Zahid Akhtar Khanzada Delaware: A Pakistani born American student is facing federal charges in Delaware after authorities uncovered weapons, body armor, and what prosecutors describe as detailed plans to attack the University of Delaware Police Department. The case has rattled the campus community and raised new questions about lone-actor violence and early detection. According to the United States Department of Justice, twenty five year old Luqmaan Khan, an undergraduate at the University of Delaware, was arrested late on the…
Pakistan’s Constitutional Snakes and Ladders: A Nation Waiting to See Whether the Next Move Climbs a Ladder—or Falls into a Serpent’s Mouth By Raja Zahid Akhtar Khanzada Centuries before a modern republic called Pakistan existed, Indian mystics designed a game to teach children the moral geometry of life. A hundred-square board. Ladders of virtue lifting the soul upward. Serpents of sin dragging it back into darkness. Moksha Pattam was never simply a pastime; it was a philosophical rendering of fate itself, of how character and chance wrestle for dominion, of how triumph often disguises defeat, and how defeat sometimes becomes…
FunAsiA Director Moody Akhtar’s Mother, Mrs. Naushaba Akhtar, Passes Away Funeral Tomorrow After Friday Prayers Dallas: With deep sorrow, it is announced that Mrs. Naushaba Akhtar, mother of FunAsiA Marketing Director and renowned radio anchor Moody Akhtar, passed away peacefully on November 27 at 12:17 AM. إِنَّا لِلّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ۔ Funeral Details – Friday, November 28: Namaz-e-Janazah: 2:15 PM after the second Friday prayer at IACC Plano Masjid, 6401 Independence Parkway, Plano, TX 75023 Burial: 3:30 PM at Restland Richardson (Muslim Section), 13005 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75243 Prayers are requested for the departed soul and for strength for…
Dallas–Fort Worth Open Mic: A Free Musical Evening in Carrollton on November 29 By Raja Zahid Akhtar Khanzada Dallas: The pulse of music in Dallas–Fort Worth is set to quicken once again as the city prepares for an evening where an open mic becomes more than a stage. It becomes an invitation, to turn one’s voice into light. Shaks Entertainment is hosting a special musical event on November 29 at 5 p.m. at the Rising Performance Hall in Carrollton, offering aspiring singers not only a chance to perform but also the encouragement that comes with winning first, second, and third-place…
https://youtu.be/ttqdb_-lWoM?si=ozG-2GZqJgR28CRz Music Reborn From Ashes: The Unstoppable Return of Two Voices Honey Singh and Ali Haider By Raja Zahid Akhtar Khanzada There are moments in music when a comeback is not merely a performance but a proclamation. One such moment arrived when Honey Singh emerged through a cloud of smoke on the IIFA stage, and another when Ali Haider stepped into the lights at the HUM Awards in Houston after years of silence. These were not simple returns. These were declarations that true artists do not die; they simply fall quiet for a while. Fame may fade, the world may…
Democracy’s Quiet Test: Mamdani’s Rise, Trump’s Shift, and Texas’s Politics of Fear By: Raja Zahid Akhtar Khanzada On a cold Washington afternoon, the lights inside the Oval Office glowed with an unusual stillness, as if history itself were quietly turning a fragile page. These were the same walls that had absorbed decades of whispers from capitalists, lobbyists and the old American establishment, yet today they had opened themselves to welcome a man whom these very forces once tried to keep outside their circle. But democracy has a way of breaking its own boundaries. Every so often, it elevates an unexpected…
