By Lawrence M. Krauss Donald Trump’s candidacy has been a source of anxiety for many reasons, but one stands out: the ability of the President to launch nuclear weapons. When it comes to starting a nuclear war, the President has more freedom than he or she does in, say, ordering the use of torture. In fact, the President has unilateral …

BY Sultan M Hali Yellow journalism is a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism. The term originates from the period of the nineteenth century, when William Randolph Hearst, the proprietor of “New York Journal” was competing for circulation with Joseph Pulitzer’s “New …

1. ______ countries take part in UNGA session. (a) 299        (b) 71 (c) 25        (d) 193 2. ______ is the newest member of the General Assembly. (a) South Sudan    (b) Serbia (c) Czechoslovakia (d) Puerto Rico 3. The theme of this year’s General Debate at the UNGA is ______. (a) The World Refugee Crisis: How Can We End …

Almost daily, global media report intense violence, large-scale human suffering, and destruction in Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen. These conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have fundamentally changed the region’s physical, economic, and social landscape, which, at the onset of the Arab Spring just over five years ago, looked much more hopeful. Yet, as conflicts intensify …

National Oct 10: The name of Cyril Almeida was put on the Exit Control List (ECL) after his controversial report in Dawn newspaper on a recent meeting between civil and military leaders. Oct 10: As per a report shared with the National Assembly, only two projects at a cost of $137 million under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have been …

Economic Consequences of the Wars Restoring Libya’s infrastructure will cost an estimated $200 billion over the next ten years. The damage to the capital stock in Syria as of mid-2014 is estimated between $70-80 billion. Syria’s neighbouring countries (Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt) have borne the brunt of the economic impact of the war. The cost to the five …

“Financial market volatility following the referendum in the United Kingdom on EU membership has been short-lived. However, uncertainty about the global outlook has increased, while incoming data for the second quarter point to subdued global activity and trade.” (— Economic Bulletin of the European Central Bank) The campaign for the referendum on the question of UK’s leaving or remaining within …

Choose the word MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the capitalized word. 1. AMBLE (a) Decline    (b) Stumble (c) Nadir        (d) Saunter 2. PROFANE (a) Sincere     (b) Bullying (c) Crude    (d) Ignorant 3. MELEE (a) Affability    (b) Serenity (c) Smoothness    (d) Scrimmage 4. ASSIDUOUS (a) Indolent    (b) Insolvent (c) Industrious    (d) Ditzy 5. RED TOP (a) Sports car    (b) …

By Sulaiman Mandar The PML-N on one side, all the others on the other. That is the CPEC divide. While the federal government considers it a game changer for Pakistan and the entire region, the others consider it a game changer for only Punjab. Almost all political parties from the smaller provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan complain that …

By Asad Rahim Khan It’s true when they say one man’s shame is another’s pride. Just as it’s true there are men in this country that find honour in honour killing. The sentiment’s supposed to be an old one: in certain Ottoman lands, the killer would sprinkle his victim’s blood on his clothes and parade through the streets, thus ‘increasing …