The Pak-Afghan relations have been on a thorny road since Pakistan’s establishment in 1947. Pakistan and Afghanistan are now led by pragmatic leaders who focus on domestic economic growth and political stability. But it is unclear whether this harmony in national goals and principles can override the long-standing mutual suspicions and overcome a cacophony of contradictory domestic interests. Despite intensifying …

Notwithstanding the United Nations has not done well enough, the UN remains perhaps is the only available structure and a global mechanism to save humanity from disaster and anarchy   Introduction: The founding of United Nations (UN) represents mankind’s latest and partially successful attempt to ascertain some mechanism for world peace. Having taken birth from the rubble of Second World …

You can score high marks in this paper provided that you attempt the paper with a strategy. There is the need to seriously revisit the method of attempting question paper. Composition paper has two parts. First part consists of first three Questions i.e. Precis, Comprehension and Expansion and Second, Grammar and vocabulary including idioms and pair of words. The actual …

January 1, 1801 – Ireland was added to Great Britain by an Act of Union thus creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.  January 1, 1863 – The Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in the states rebelling against the Union. January 1, 1877 – Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India. January 1, 1959 …

Mr. Ali Shehzad is an officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service (former DMG) and he topped the interview in his CSS examination. ‘The CSS hopefuls’ interview with members of Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC), together with the psychological assessment that precedes, is a ‘game-changer’ in the selection process for Central Superior Services (CSS). Before we embark upon a detailed rundown …

In a nutshell, preparing for the exam by memorising is not the key to success but taking tests matter which help them a lot in bagging top positions. With final exam just around the corner, students are confused what to do in this situation because many of them fail to mismanagement and wastage of their precious time in futile practices. …

Every time the military high command has talked about the need to go after the militants in North Waziristan, apprehensions have increased in the political circles that, perhaps, this operation is being used as a means to create an unstable domestic situation in order to postpone the upcoming elections. Such speculation has been particularly rife within the PML-N, whose fears …

The rift may be threatening South Asia’s peace This article discusses the institutional mechanism established by the treaty True to the remark, the next-century war will be fought over water, not over oil. The Indus Basin Treaty, 1960 envisaged the resolution of the long-standing water dispute between Pakistan and India, which emerged right after the independence in 1947. Water is …

The causes of corruption are contextual rooted in a country’s political development, legal development, social history, bureaucratic traditions, economic conditions and policies. Corruption means moral perversion, depravity, dishonesty — especially bribery — and putrefaction or decay. Corruption is defined as ‘the abuse of public office for private gains. It involves the seeking or extracting of promise or receipt of a …

The EU is Pakistan’s largest exchange associate and has been dynamic in reinvigorating the equitable course of action and fortifying the social and financial fabric of this country through its growth and help approaches. Pakistan is facing a downturn in economy and it seems unlikely — at least in near future — that it would be able to come out …