The G-20 Summit concluded on Sep 6 with little to show for its efforts. Leaders from over twenty countries met in St. Petersburg (Russia) for the annual meeting of the group, which includes in its membership the twenty largest economies of the world, a diverse group of countries, with little in common politically or economically. The resounding failure of the …

Jahangir’s World Times is the only magazine that caters for the needs of the candidates of the prestigious competitive exams including CSS, PMS and PCS. Candidates often face difficulties in selection of subjects, choosing the right books, preparing for the interviews and so on. JWT’s CSS GURU is an initiative to provide the guidance candidates may need at any stage. …

Exclusive Interview with Noam Chomsky on Pakistan Elections Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Noam Chomsky, is without doubt the most widely heard and read public intellectual alive today. Although trained in linguistics, he has written on and extensively critiqued a wide range of topics, including US foreign policy, mainstream media discourses and anarchist philosophy. Professor Chomsky, …

A conversation with Nihal Rodrigo Former Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Q: How would you define the ‘Asian Century’? Ans: I deem it fit to describe the global changes anticipated as not exclusively tied to the rise of only ‘Chindia’ i.e. China and India, and its future dominance. I prefer to describe the process …

Deputy Chief of the European Union Election Observer Mission Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): The European Union Election Observer Mission has formally deployed long-term observers across Pakistan. Can you spell out details? Ms Hannah Roberts (HR): We have deployed 52 long-term observers in different parts of Pakistan. These people come from different EU member states, Norway and Canada. These countries have …

Jahangir’s World Times is the only magazine that caters for the needs of the candidates of the prestigious competitive exams including CSS, PMS and PCS. Candidates often face difficulties in selection of subjects, choosing the right books, preparing for the interviews and so on. JWT’s CSS GURU is an initiative to provide the guidance candidates may need at any stage. …

1. Canton is a city in: (a) China    (b) South Korea (c) Thailand    (d) Germany 2.    Indonesia and Malaysia are separated by: (a) Inaccessible mountain (b) Malacca Strait (c) Gulf of Malaysia    (d) None of these 3.    Capital of Zimbabwe is (a) Lagos    (b) Pretoria (c) Seoul    (d) None of these 4.    Myanmar is the new name of: (a) Burma   …

As we usher in 2013, some of the key events of 2012 will be remembered, in all probability, not exactly because of what happened, but because of the subtle transforming events that sowed the seeds for some of the more significant transformations of our times. The most important events were not those that will find place in record books, but …

The drone war will continue unabated and there is nothin­g that Imran Khan can do about it. Imran Khan’s speech at Tank was laced with his usual toxic anti-Americanism but he also managed a few sensible words. Marchers at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) South Waziristan peace march were prohibited by the military to enter the tribal areas. To call this …

IN the past week, Islamists have destroyed and desecrated the tombs of Muslim saints in the fabled town of Timbuktu in northern Mali, recalling the Taliban’s 2001 destruction of two giant Buddhas in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. In defiance of the West and many local Muslims, Islamists in northern Mali are prohibiting people from worshiping at tombs and erecting structures on graves. …