Précis Sample Paragraph Greatness is great power, producing great effects. It is not enough that a man has great power in himself; he must show it to all the world in a way that cannot be gainsai(d) He must fill up a certain idea in the public mind. I have no other notion of greatness than this two-fold definition; great …
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INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPHS English as a Medium of Education in Pakistan (CSS 2009) Pakistan is a land where it is everyone’s hobby to indulge in argumentation and debate. Whether you have any knowledge about the subject of discussion or not, you can manage to continue with your self-created logics and inferences till the time your opponent accepts defeat. One amongst the many …
Read More »Break up with Hard Study
By: Rokhana Riaz Know the Secrets of Success in Competitive Exams! When it comes to exams and study, everyone will tell you “study hard” for the competitive exams. It is believed that studying hard is ‘the key to success’. Well, let’s break up with that school of thought. Of course, if one wants to succeed in a competitive exam, one …
Read More »The Saffron Terror
Implications of a saffronized India India’s BJP government, under the aegis of its mother outfit Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has been demonstrating extreme irrationality through its oodles of unjustifiable actions at home and regionally. The US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in its recent report has explained how under the BJP government’s patronage, rapid and extremely alarming saffronization of …
Read More »Ideological Renewal on the Independence Day
By: Raqeeb Kakar Ideology is a thing of might, the one on which Pakistan’s foundation was laid down. It should depict us on all grounds lest we should feel that might is out of sight. However, ideology was a science of ideas for French philosophers, but for Muslims of the Indian Subcontinent, it was a freedom-song that manifested their desire …
Read More »Reforming Higher Education in Pakistan
Higher education does not know how to speak for its interests Since the creation of Pakistan, higher education system of the country has been a matter of great concern among various circles, especially the educationists, government, policymakers and general public. Ranging from socioeconomic system to religio-cultural lives of people the issue of higher education has several dimensions. In 1974, to …
Read More »Reforming the BRETTON WOODS System
The Bretton Woods Institutions are the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), established at a meeting of 43 countries in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, USA, in 1944. The World Bank and the IMF are seen as wielding tremendous power and influence, but exclude the voices of developing countries most adversely affected by financial and trade policies. Equally important …
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1. The LCM of two numbers is 864 and their HCF is 144. One of the numbers is 288, the other is: (a) 576 (b) 432 (c) 1296 (d) 144 2. LCM of two numbers is 225 and their HCF is 5. If one number is 25, the other will be: (a) 5 …
Read More »Hajj: Where humanity matters most
“And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House – for whoever is able to find thereto a way. But whoever disbelieves – then indeed, Allah is free from need of the worlds.” (Surah Aal-i-Imran: Verse 97) Allah Almighty has prescribed a variety of acts of worship to humanity to test them as to who are …
Read More »Erdoğan’s Victory in Turkey
The start of Executive Presidency and its implications On Monday, 09 July, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was sworn in as president of Turkey after securing a resounding victory in June 24 election. With his swearing-in, Turkey has officially moved from a parliamentary system to a presidential system with the president wielding powers that no democratically elected leader of Turkey has ever …
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