Those who believe themselves to be the champions of educational reforms, are the most ignorant members of our society. Out of their sheer stupidity and for their own vested interests, they attempt to impose on us Western ways, techniques and systems, without bothering to think about their suitability for our peculiar economic, social, cultural and religious conditions. During the final …
Read More »Understanding Terrorism
This article reviews the most important theoretical approaches to the study of terrorism within Political, Economic, Social and Psychological spheres. Social science has not yet developed any exclusive theory for the clear understanding of the phenomenon of terrorism. But some theoretical approaches produced by political and international studies, cultural anthropology, religion, communications and information technology, can help us to understand …
Read More »Agriculture in Pakistan and its Problems
Pakistan is a huge population that is suffering already from energy and water shortage. Moreover, food inflation has been touching double figures since last half a decade and has gone up to 26% in 2010. Realizing these ground realities, Pakistan needs to look seriously into its agricultural problems. The magnanimity of the agricultural problems in Pakistan has undoubtedly crippled the …
Read More »Siachen conflict: a prime example of futile war
‘War is the extension of politics by other means’ Wars are planned, financed and fought by governments, not by groups or ordinary people. Wars are based on political agendas and they long for complete control over resources, people and territory. Pakistan and India being neighboring countries had fought a number of wars since their inception. Kashmir, Sir Creek and Siachen …
Read More »The new dynamics of Pakistan Russia relations
Russia has come to realize Pakistan’s role in resolving the issues plaguing this region and Pakistan also seems to be contemplating on ways to lessen its reliance on America and to diversify its support base among the powerful states of this region. On March 5th 2012, the news of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s victory in Russian Presidential elections would have …
Read More »Pak-India Relations in 21st Century – The way forward
‘Composite dialogues’, is the right direction to make effective headway that will eventually ensure peace and stability in the region and will also pave the way for the early resolution of unresolved conflicts. No two countries in the world have so much in common like India and Pakistan and yet so poles apart. A physicist might put it as ‘like …
Read More »This Month in History April
Daisy and the sweet pea are the flowers of the month. Diamond is the birthstone for April Here comes the Spring April was the second month in an early Roman calendar, but became the fourth when the ancient Romans started using January as the first month. The Romans called the month Aprilis. It may come from a word meaning ‘to …
Read More »Preparing for the CSS, Right things at Right Time
Now the time has come for the preparation of CSS-2013. Candidates had better set their directions by improving their English language, opting for scoring subjects and taking proper guidance. In the past few years, I have noticed that the CSS aspirants usually spend this crucial time visiting different academies and switching from one academy to another without thinking about their …
Read More »Conserve Energy for Better Tomorrow
Organizations launch energy-saving initiatives for a variety of reasons: cost savings, legal compliance, and environmental concern, to name a few. Energy-efficient solutions reduce office energy consumption (for instance on cooling and heating) by up to 25% without the major modifications in the building. Payback is very fast, often in less than a year. Energy saving solutions capitalize on human behaviour …
Read More »Karl Marx 1818 – 1883
Introduction: He introduced conflicts perspective to sociology. Critique of political economy Communist Manifesto Das Capital Poverty of philosophy The German ideology The economic and philosophical manuscripts of 1844 Karl Marx was the architect of Socialism and champion of Communism. He committed himself to the cause of exploited working class. His views and thoughts were so influential that one-third of …
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