July 2021

World in Focus (MAY-JUN 2021) National & International With MCQs May 16: The widow of the Awami National Party (ANP) Rehbar-e-Tehreek Khan Abdul Wali Khan and former provincial president of the ANP Begum Nasim Wali Khan breathed her last. She was 85. May 16: The United States Government, along with …

The Myth of a Rules-Based World Two concepts have been constantly used in discussions of international relations of late. One is a liberal international order and the second is a rules-based system. In the former, the term “liberal” does not have much to do with what Americans call liberalism. Rather, …

THE ‘CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS’ THESIS A CRITICAL APPRAISAL Numerous challenging paradigms, most being initiated in the West, particularly in the United States, have cropped up. The connection is, in fact, noteworthy because it demonstrates the knowledge-power relationship in international relations. If the US could disguise its empire-building project and legitimize …

RASHAKAI SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE Rashakai Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is located at Rashakai in district Nowshera of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province along the M-1 (Peshawar-Islamabad) Motorway. It is the most attractive economic zone for local and multinational companies because of easy access and its proximity to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). This …

In Conversation with Safdar Shabbir 54th in Punjab, PMS 2019-20 Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background? Safdar Shabbir (SS): I belong to District Okara but I started my education in Lahore. I did my matriculation from City Cadet School, Lahore. After that, …

PARLIAMENTARY AND PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT A COMPARISON What is meant by a democratic state, in the first place? The citizens govern the nation; protect their welfare and national interests in a democracy. It requires every individual to form an inclusive form of government for all. Political freedom is the …

Moral Philosophy A Cursory Review Ethics is one of the three main branches of philosophy – metaphysics and epistemology being the other two. Its distinctive subject matter constitutes the science of ethics. Ethics, also called moral philosophy, relates to the well-founded body of knowledge, paradigms, theories, standards, values, etc. involving …

Falling Behind and Falling Apart Owing to the ramifications of Covid-19 pandemic, poverty has been on the rise. In his marvellous book “The Bottom Billion,” Paul Collier has aptly pointed out that the development challenge has been a rich world of one billion people facing a poor world of five …

In Conversation with YASIR NAZIR (PAS) 2nd in Pakistan CSS 2020-21 Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background. YASIR NAZIR (YN): My schooling has been from my hometown – Okara. District Public School & College, Okara, is the place where I received my …

CSS EXAM An Enigmatic Phenomenon? This year was no different as when the final result of CE-2020 was looming over our heads at the end of April, the rumour mill started churning again. A creative one was that this CSS was low-scoring and only a handful of individuals could score …