Précis Sample Paragraph A stamp is, to many people, just a slip of paper that takes a letter from one town or country to another. They are unable to understand why we stamp-collectors find so much pleasure in collecting them and how we find the time in which to indulge in our hobby. To them, it seems a waste of …
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English Essay Series Truth is a rare commodity despite the freedom by the print and electronic media. (CSS 2011) Once considered the champion of honesty, integrity, truth, responsibility and straightforwardness, the media – both print and electronic – is no more the way it was, or at least it should have been. Changing requirements of the modern era have cast …
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Nothing scourges CSS aspirants more than English essay paper. It has become no less than a nightmare scenario for most of them. I often find students getting very good marks in Précis & Composition paper, but failing that of essay – sometimes by a very small margin. The examiner awarding 37 or 38 even 39 marks in this paper is …
Read More »In Conversation with Abdul Samad Nizamani (PAS), 1st in Sindh (R), CSS 2016
JWT is a good source of information as well as inspiration. I also consulted General Science & Ability by JWT Publications and found it quite comprehensive. Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background? Abdul Samad Nizamani (ASN): My education uptil high school was from Hyderabad. Thereafter, I did my undergrad in business administration …
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By: Qurrat-ul-Ain Rehman The Only Way to Justice? The power to take a Suo Motu notice is incorporated in Article 184(3) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan with respect to the initial jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. This article reads: “Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 199, the Supreme Court shall, if it considers that a …
Read More »In Conversation with Syed Fazul Shah (PSP), 3rd in Balochistan, CSS 2017-18
Precisely, World Times Institute is a nursery of bureaucrats. Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background? Syed Fazul Shah (SFS): I acquired basic education till 7th class from Iqra Public Middle School Gandawah. In 2008, I applied for “Presidential Scholarship Test for Students of Balochistan” and topped my district Jhal Magsi. I was …
Read More »NORTHERN SEA ROUTE
By: Uzair Salman A New Shipping Highway? Since the beginning of the year 2018, the Northern Sea Route (NSR), a shipping lane between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the Russian coast of Siberia and the Far East, has experienced a significant boost in transportation volumes. Russian ministry for Maritime and River Transport recently reported that the volume …
Read More »Slowdown of Economy
By: Dr Hafiz A. Pasha There are visible signs that the economy is beginning to slow down. During the last five years, the growth process had gradually begun to gather some momentum. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics had, no doubt, been compelled to exaggerate the GDP growth rate. But the evidence was convincing that the economy had moved up from …
Read More »Where is the World Economy Heading?
By: Waqar Masood Khan There is a lot of flux that characterizes the world economy at present. While developed markets are performing exceptionally well, emerging markets (EM) are facing high uncertainty. More importantly, a very large number of market pundits are predicting that a great recession is just around the corner. The emerging markets are under huge stress. Their currencies …
Read More »The Economy of Pakistan
By: Osama Rizvi A Blueprint for Much-needed Reforms With a $313bn economy (as per the latest 2018 figures released by the State Bank of Pakistan), Pakistan is a country that has undergone a panoply of changes during the recent years. The year 2016 was the annus mirabilis as the stock market yielded a mouth-watering return of 46 percent. Besides this, …
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