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SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE Afghanistan is more than the “graveyard of empires.” It’s the mother of vicious circles. So this general with the background in intelligence who is supposed to conquer Afghanistan can’t even figure out what Rolling Stone is? We’re not talking Guns & Ammo here; we’re talking the …

Pulses 10th February 2022 World Pulses Day 2022 Pulses are considered a poor man’s food and poor people are disparagingly called ‘pulse-eaters’. In addition, some linguistic groups are called pulse-eaters just out of prejudice and without acknowledging the fact that due to their nutritional value, pulses are in no way …

Justice Ayesha A. Malik First Female Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) had approved, on January 07, Ayesha Malik’s nomination to the Supreme Court with a vote of five to four. CJP Gulzar, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, retired judge Sarmad Jalal Osmani, Attorney …

Dr Mahbub ul Haq (February 22, 1934 to July 16, 1998) An outstanding economist and a visionary social thinker ‘You see things that are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?’ These words by George Bernard Shaw are a true reflection of a …

World in Focus (DEC 21-JAN 2022) National & International With MCQs Dec. 16: Pakistan pulled off their highest Twenty20 International run-chase to defeat the West Indies to complete a 3-0 series win in Karachi. Dec. 16: Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan registered their sixth century stand in Twenty20 Internationals in …

Rights of Non-Muslims in a Muslim Society Deciding as to what are the rights of non-Muslims living in a Muslim state has been a practical problem in Muslim societies throughout their history because there was never a Muslim state that comprised purely of Muslim believers. Even the first state established by …

RELIGIOUS NATIONALISM Definition According to philosopher Ernest Renan, nationalism is a kind of spirit and soul that binds the community or a group into a whole. Nationalism typically refers to the animating spirit of a community of people with an aspiration to be politically self-determining. Religious nationalism includes any religious …

In Conversation with Zhuha Basit 7th in Punjab, PMS 2020-21 Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background? Zhuha Basit (ZB): My early education has been from a public school. Afterward, I did my intermediate and graduation from Govt. Islamia College, Lahore Cantt. I did …

Omar al Khayyam The polymath who married science and literature Omar Khayyam, the celebrated Persian who lived in the late 11th and early 12th centuries, earned fame at home and afar as a genius mathematician, astronomer and philosopher. But in the West, his chief claim to fame and stardom has …

Net Zero One outcome of the recent UN Climate Summit, or COP26, was that 136 countries pledged to reach net zero, with countries responsible for nearly half of global emissions aiming for 2050, while others have target dates further in the future.  To avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change, …