Pakistan Army has been ranked as the 11th strongest military in the world, as per a Credit Suisse report on globalisation. Ranked seven spots after India’s military, the report gives Pakistan a final military strength score of 0.41. Further, the report reveals that Pakistan has more weaponry than Germany, Australia and Canada. The report ranks the strength of 20 countries …

A CONFRONTATION WAITING TO HAPPEN Nov 24: The Russian Sukhoi Su-24, an all-weather attack aircraft, was shot down by Turkish F-16s in the Turkey-Syria border area in one of the most serious publicly acknowledged clashes between a NATO member country and Russia for half a century. Russia’s defence ministry announced suspension of military cooperation with Turkey and  cancelled foreign minister’s …

Federal Public Service Commission Time Table for General Recruitment Screening Test (MCQ) Phase-IV/2015

DO Dress professionally. Your personal cleanliness must be immaculate. Greet the panel with a smile. Maintain smiling face during  the interview. Be thorough in your answers, while being brief in your wording. Illustrate your answer instead of saying mere ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Be concise and to the point. Keep your posture straight. Use relevant and formal vocabulary.

Physiology or Medicine Winners: William C. Campbell (Ireland) & Satoshi Omura (Japan) and Tu Youyou (China) The first half of the Nobel Prize for Medicine 2015 was awarded to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Omura for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites. The second half went to Tu Youyou for her discoveries concerning a …

The number of people living in extreme poverty worldwide will likely fall to under-10% of the global population in 2015, a new World Bank report recently predicted. That is down from 37.1% in 1990 and means the world is moving closer to a goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030. However, an estimated 900 million people still live on less …

While delivering the Hajj sermon in Masjid-e-Nimra at Maidan-e-Arafat, where this year around two million pilgrims gathered to perform Hajj, Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz urged Muslims to make all efforts to spread the real message of Islam. Following are some key takeaways from his Hajj 2015 sermon:

On 6 July 2015, the Secretary-General of the United Nations launched a UN report entitled “The Millennium Development Goals Report 2015” in Oslo, Norway. While wrapping up the progress under the MDGs, the report painted a mixed picture of the global efforts to fight poverty, especially in developing countries. The Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed the efforts made in an attempt …

Best CSS Academy in Lahore World Times Academy Test Sessions and Special Lectures Pictures 1155

 “You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.” (Brigham Young) The importance of education for women is hardly overstated: women raise children, and educated women raise nations with improved human capital, high economic growth and enhanced productivity. Disempowerment of women due to inadequate health, lack of education and insecure environments compromises the …