1. The longest highway in the world is:   (a)     Trans-Canada (b)     Trans-Japan (c)  Trans-Iran (d) None of these 2.    The longest highway in the world has a length of: (a)    9000 km    (b)    10000 km (c)    8000 km    (d)    None of these 3.    The country that accounts for nearly one-third of the total tea production of the …

Q. How Pakistan can reduce foreign debt? Suggest mechanism in Pakistan economy to handle external perspective of Pakistan economy? Ans. To reduce the foreign debt, Pakistan needs the structural changes in its economy. The reliance on external financing has rusted away the country’s economic potential. To minimise the dependence on the external hand, it needs to set its economy on …

Hamas, the militant group known for suicide bombings, rocket attacks and hatred of Israel, is sending subtle signals of moderation as it prepares to join a Palestinian unity government. Hamas officials speak of reconciliation with the West and a halt in armed confrontation with Israel, and even hint at some sort of political accommodation with the Jewish state. While Israel …

Family businesses range from small and medium-sized companies to large conglomerates that operate in multiple industries and countries.   Family businesses constitute the world’s oldest and most dominant form of business organisations. In many countries, family businesses represent more than 70 per cent of the overall businesses and play a key role in the economy growth and workforce employment. In …

We might ask ourselves how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush’s compound, assassinated him, and dumped his body in the Atlantic. It’s increasingly clear that the operation was a planned assassination, multiply violating elementary norms of international law. There appears to have been no attempt to apprehend the unarmed victim, as presumably could have …

The PPP government lost its majority in the National Assembly after Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and Mutahidda Qoumi Movement (MQM) quitted the federal government. After pondering over a number of options, the PPP decided to look towards the PML-Q. Talks between Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) for joining hands to form coalition government at the centre were …

The Young Doctors demanded not only pay raise but also health facilities Doctors are said to be the saviours of the ailing humanity. They are the compassionate healers who look after the people selflessly helping them to live a healthy life. However, the recent strike of the young doctors in Punjab and other provinces claiming the lives of several patients …

The province of Punjab has three distinct ethno-linguistic groups i.e. Punjabi, Potohari and Saraiki-speaking. Ethnic crisis The struggle for Pakistan was a unique historical experience having a few parallels in the annals of history. It transcended ethnic, linguistic, cultural and regional differences and coalesced into a powerful movement culminating in the creation of an independent homeland for the Muslims of …

Pakistan’s energy infrastructure is not well developed, rather it is considered to be underdeveloped and poorly managed. There has been an enormous increase in the demand of energy in Pakistan as a result of industrial development and population growth, as compared to increase in energy production. The number of electricity consumers has increased to 12.5 million: household 46 per cent, …

The double standards of the Western powers are once again quite evident from the Bahrain conflict. For the past few weeks, while the world has mainly focused its attention on the mysterious circumstances surrounding Osama bin Ladin’s death, it seems to have largely ignored the volatile situation prevailing in Bahrain, which may at any time, explode into a major regional …