On July 24, 2015, the world achieved another remarkable milestone in its efforts for polio eradication when Nigeria marked a full one year without recording a single fresh case of this crippling infection. Nigeria long remained among the group of the three infamous polio-endemic countries — others being Pakistan and Afghanistan. These three countries were collectively considered as reservoirs for …

World Times Academy Activities of the Month 201

During Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s latest visit to Kabul, the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan once again reiterated their determination for building close relations and cooperating on the Afghan peace efforts. The Premier’s visit was the first since the inauguration of a National Unity government in Afghanistan. The Kabul rendezvous highlights recent efforts of the Afghan government to kick-start Pakistan-assisted …

Election for the Mother of All Parliaments Owing to its many peculiarities and oddities as well as its efficacy in bringing excellent statesmen to the top, British electoral system is always a core area of interest for the students of Political Science. Parliament’s position at the heart of British government is the result of its success at absorbing the powers …

Students are the most energetic and enthusiastic segment of a society. These young, lively, active, dynamic and vigorous men and women have high ambition and goals, and are also blessed with the energy to fulfil their dreams. Almost all the great revolutions of the modern world have the youth or student factor in common. The creation of Pakistan too had …

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a development programme to connect Gwadar Port in southern Pakistan to China’s north-western region of Xinjiang via highways, railways and pipelines to transport oil and gas. Economic corridor is not only the road to economic prosperity for Pakistan, it can also be termed as future of the world. It is estimated that about 3 billion people …

Feelings of animosity and friendship have existed among the human groups and societies since the inception of this world. In the primitive period, the people, living either in an organized group or as individual, had the feelings to minimize the threats and maximize the benefits of peace and cooperation. In other words, from old days to modern world, individuals and …

Pakistan is a consociational society where different religious groups are in conflict with each other on petty issues. There are many horizontal and vertical cleavages in Pakistan that keep people divided on the basis of religion, caste, creed, status and language along with everlasting lacuna between haves and have-nots. These cleavages are not only undermining Pakistan’s economic system but are …