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There is now a global consensus regarding one specific tool that may help achieve the lofty goal of providing global public good: international environmental agreements. These agreements, often produced at big conferences, help protect our global commons by requiring nations to acknowledge and respect the right to a healthy environment. However, the next big question is an equally important one …

By: Iqra Shakeel  How to eradicate the menace? Islam plays a key role in bolstering the women’s position and raising their status in a society. In pre-Islam era, women neither had any legal rights nor were they accorded a legal status. With the advent of Islam, the holy Quran decreed an improved status for women in the society. The holy …

By: Asfand Yar Bhutto “The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy’s not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.” — Sun Tzu The world politics is changing with the changing …

The worldwide acclaim Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938), a revered poet-philosopher and a visionary leader, commanded from both the Eastern and Western critics bears a vivid testimony to his great stature, and earns him the place occupied by very few in the literary world. Whilst chief source of his repute is his timeless poetry, his philosophical thought, too, is no …

1. If TAP is coded as SZO, then how is FREEZE coded? (a) ATSSTS               (b) ESDDYD (c) EQDDYD         (d) EQDDZD 2. In a certain code, SUKKUR is written as TTLJVQ, how is TRAINING written in that code? (a) UQBHOHOF        (b) UQBHOIOF (c) UQBHOHOI            …

In his first inaugural address, United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, made an attempt to assess the enormous damage: “The withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce; the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone. More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence …

A theory of international relations is a set of ideas that explain how the international system works. Unlike an ideology, a theory of international relations is (at least in principle) backed up with concrete evidence. The two major theories of international relations are realism and liberalism. REALISM Realism, also referred to as Political Realism, is one of the oldest theories …

This July witnessed an intense level of escalated tensions, what came to be known as Doklam standoff, between China and India, which erupted after India, posturing quite belligerently, sent its troops to interrupt the construction of a road by the Chinese military. As the dispute lingered on, it increasingly drew both countries and their masses into an intensely-contested war of …

Is colonial legacy impeding Pakistan’s progress?   (CSS-2017) 1. Introduction 2. What is colonial legacy? 3. Different manifestations of colonial legacy (a) Colonial legacy in Political Sector (b) Colonial legacy in Economic Sector (c) Colonial legacy in Religious Sector (d) Colonial legacy in Administrative Sector (e) Colonial legacy in Social Sector 4. Colonial legacy: the biggest impediment to Pakistan’s progress (a) …

We have a lot to learn from “No place has been out of bounds and no grounds left unturned. No tolerance has been shown in the fight against corruption. We have taken firm action to take out tigers, swatted flies and hunted down foxes.”  — Xi Jinping  The President of People’s Republic China Since becoming China’s leader in 2012, Xi …