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10 Questions with Hassan Jahangir (30th Position, CSS 2014)

Hassan Jahangir

JWT saved me several hours of labour as I prepared for Current Affairs, Pakistan Affairs and Essay just by going through this quality magazine. JWT: First of all, for the interest of JWT readers and CSS, PMS aspirants, please tell us about your educational background? And also tell about your career ambitions during your student life? Hassan Jahangir (HJ): I …

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An Assessment of China-Pakistan Relations

China Pakistani relations

An enduring feature of international relations in contemporary times has been the high level of bilateral connections between Pakistan and China. Initially, they were strange bedfellows; one a socialist state and the other a Muslim-majority nation. Yet, driven by perceived mutual common interests they managed to achieve such close proximity that the relationship now appears to have become deep-rooted, multi-dimensional …

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The Moments Unforgettable

Best CSS Academy in Lahore

Pleasant moments are never forgotten. An exquisite dinner to celebrate the success of World Times Academy students in winning allocations in CSS-2014 was arranged by World Times Academy – the best CSS Academy in Lahore with honourable faculty members, friends and World Times Academy students.

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Non-State Actors & India-Pakistan Relations

“The principal characteristic of twenty-first-century international relations is turning out to be nonpolarity: a world dominated not by one or two or even several states but rather by dozens of actors possessing and exercising various kinds of power. This represents a tectonic shift from the past.” (Richard N. Haass; The Age of Nonpolarity: What Will Follow U.S. Dominance) With a …

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Why Go For International Relations

On 16th of April 2015, a massive earthquake hit Pakistan. The epicentre of the earthquake, the tremors of which were felt all across the country, was the Federal Public Service Commission, Islamabad. The aftershocks are still jolting the CSS pundits, mentors, coaching academies and the students alike. The details shared by the Commission reveal that the quake was in the …

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The Future of Nuclear Asia

Assessing Nuclear Programmes of China, India and Pakistan  “Nuclear competition in Southern Asia represents a classic conundrum of international relations: enormously high stakes, conflicting and entrenched interests, and at least in the near term, few realistic avenues for mitigating threats.” — Daniel S. Markey (Adjunct Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations) World’s …

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China-Pakistan Versus US-India

Avoiding the Armageddon China and Pakistan have one of the closest relationships in international diplomacy. The two states have maintained a decades-long consistent as well as multi-faceted relationship that spans strategic defence, political, economic and diplomatic ties. This is due to this enduring relationship that the balance of power has been maintained in the Subcontinent. But, the US-Indian strategic alliance …

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