Pakistan Affairs

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 …

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 …

Climate Change Challenges and Opportunities For Pakistan, climate change carries a high significance as it is amongst the top 7 frontline states that are most vulnerable to the increasing climate variability. Germanwatch in its 2017 Global Long-Term Climate Risk Index has ranked Pakistan No. 7, just after the Philippines and …

Amazon Comes To Pakistan The US e-commerce giant Amazon, one of the best online marketplaces that you can use to sell and buy products, recently added Pakistan to its approved Sellers’ List. It opens the door to SMEs and individuals across the country to engage through a variety of online …