From the recent key events like Arab Spring, the Spanish Indignados Movement, and London Riots, political and social mobilization came to the fore a handiwork of new communication technologies. The question is: ‘Did new communication technologies play a decisive, causal role or just acted as an instrument in facilitating the process. In the following lines, the role of social media …

There is a crucial connection between means and ends in the projection of global influence. For instance, the Suez Canal, which opened in 1869, acted as a tool of empire for the great powers of the nineteenth century. The building of a canal through the Sinai Peninsula not only made trade and empire in Asia faster by avoiding the Cape …

As we look through the lattice of history, we realise that the greatest hindrance to recognising the excellence of a genius comes from his contemporaries. Allama Iqbal was one of those rare geniuses whose excellence in the field of poetry as well as political thinking was recognised throughout the world in his own lifetime. As we look through the lattice …

In the first part of this article’ published in JWT’s March 2014 issue’ a narration of Arab invasion in present-day Pakistan was presented. This piece contains the Arabs’ advancement to Punjab and Kashmir along with a brief discourse on the reasons which obligated their success that has indelible marks on the lives of the inhabitants of the Subcontinent. The Arabs …

The world is transfixed by the literally unthinkable events surrounding the apparent hijacking and disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370. The unfolding story is a concatenation of improbabilities. After the plane went missing ‘with 239 people on board’ a multitude of theories about the plane’s fate were in the air. Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation stated that’pings’ were picked up …

Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Finance, Ishaq Dar, at a news conference, proudly announced that the ‘difficult period’ for the economy was over and that the prices of all items ‘from onions to the dollar’ has declined which would have a major positive impact on the domestic rate of inflation. The indicator used to express his optimism was the declining greenback. …

Will henceforth mob decide who is to rule the country, not the ballot box? Is mobocracy now going to be the order of the day, and not democracy? Perhaps yes, if some current events are any guide. In Ukraine, an elected president has been driven out by protestors holding the capital city of Kiev hostage to their months-long street protest. …

Today, the CIA, the RAW and many others spy agencies are out to weaken the province and malign Pakistan army and the ISI. Lieutenant General (R) Abdul Qayyum is a person of diverse talent and unrivalled administrative qualities. Besides having a decade’s worth experience in the Pakistan Army, he has also served as chairman for Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) at …

1 Jan, 1948: India took Kashmir dispute to UN Security Council. 1 Apr, 1948: India cut off water supply to Pakistan from two of its headworks, causing a dispute over water. 13 Aug, 1948: UN Security Council called for ceasefire in Kashmir and withdrawal of all Pakistani and Indian forces 11 Sept, 1948: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah passed away. 12 …

English precis and composition is a crucial paper in CSS. It can help you get high scores. Precis is the most important part of this paper. In the following lines, techniques of writing a good precis are given along with 3 sample passages and their precis. Read the passage carefully and try to understand it. In practice session, you may …