Canada has worked with Pakistan to facilitate enhanced business for small and medium sized Pakistan enterprises Canada Day, formerly Dominion Day, is the National Day of Canada, a federal statutory holiday celebrating the anniversary of the July 1, 1867, enactment of the British North America Act (Now called the Constitution Act, 1867), which united three British colonies into a single …

The government has once again interfered in the SC’s efforts to force the investigation of the Rs5 billion NICL scam by suspending FIA official, Zafar Qureshi, within 72 hours of his reinstatement. The government has once again interfered in the Supreme Court’s efforts to force the investigation of the Rs5 billion National Insurance Corporation Limited (NICL) scam by suspending Additional …

The Ottawa Dialogue is a distinguished group of academics and retired senior officials and military officers from India and Pakistan. OTTAWA: An ongoing dialogue known as the Ottawa Dialogue has resulted in the adoption of an ambitious list of nuclear confidence-building measures (CBMs). The Ottawa Dialogue is a distinguished group of academics and retired senior officials and military officers from …

Geography Paper-1 Geography Paper-1 What are different types of Rocks? Classify them and give their economic importance. Write a note on the internal structure of the earth. How earthquakes happen. Discuss Plate Techtonic Theory in detail. What are land features associated with glaciers, rivers and wind erosion and deposition? Explain the concept of insolation. Discuss heat balance between earth and …

The peace process between Pakistan and India should not be held hostage to the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, rather back and front channels diplomacy should be launched to find out a peaceful solution to all the outstanding issues, including the dragging Kashmir issue. The Indo-Pak talks on all outstanding issues are always very sensitive. Indian stand on talks with Pakistan …

Hameedullah Jan Afridi Chairman, IPO- Pakistan Hameedullah Jan Afridi, Chairman, Intellectual Property Organisation of Pakistan, (IPO- Pakistan), Islamabad, has given an interview to Jahangir’s World Times about the working of his department. He has worked in various capacities in different government departments. A highly qualified person, he was elected Senator and MNA from NA-46 Khyber Agency, and had been Federal …

President Zardari ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the government was committed to women empowerment, improvement in the living standards of the people and to reach out to the poor. He was addressing the launching ceremony of the mobile phone banking for Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) beneficiaries of northern Punjab the other day, the draw of Waseela-e-Haq …

There is lot of resentment in Pakistan against the US policy of aggression in the region, and discrimination and intimidation of Pakistan. Immediately after the creation of Pakistan its leadership came in the US trap of encircling and stopping former Soviet Union’s expansion into West and South Asia. Pakistan had three options: First to pursue a non-aligned policy, second to …

We believe that the Palestinian-Israeli peace process is one issue that requires priority and concerted efforts of all states, and that the United Nations which was central to the establishment of the State of Israel must not remain on the sideline in the process. Recently, President Barack Obama while speaking to the famous Israeli lobby in Washington remarked that ‘The …

The change in the constitution paves the way for trial of army generals responsible for the 1980 coup, consequently sending a warning to those who may engage in future coups. Turkey arrested and jailed Air Force Academy commander along with three other officers on the charge of overthrowing the government in which more than 200 officers are accused. Their detention …