JWT has been a source of knowledge, motivation and guidance throughout my preparation. Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background? Assad Abbas (AA): After early education from Grammar Public School, I joined Punjab College of Commerce and did my intermediate and graduation in commerce from there. Afterwards, I did BS (Hons.) in …
Read More »ENGLISH LANGUAGE in PAKISTAN, A look at the dilemmas of English in Pakistani society
Author: Kinza Paracha “The dialects commonly spoken among the natives of this part of India contain neither literary nor scientific information, and are moreover so poor and rude that, until they are enriched from some other quarter, it will not be easy to translate any valuable work into them. It seems to be admitted on all sides, that the intellectual …
Read More »In Conversation with Kamran Khan Zarkoon, Only Aspirant from Balochistan allocated in PSP, CSS-2015
I used to study current affairs from JWT. This magazine is so perfect in all its aspects that it works like a guide for CSS Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background? Kamran Khan Zarkoon (KKZ): I started my education from Taleem Foundation Grammar School Kohlu, the first English-medium school in my hometown. …
Read More »The Cold War is over, but cold war thinking survives
Author: Tina Dhabi (IAS 2015 Topper) The Cold War was marked by heightening tensions and suspicions, arms race — especially of nuclear arms — strategic and ideological bipolarity with the world getting divided into two antagonistic camps. However, all of this happened without risking a direct military confrontation. This was the most distinct feature of Cold War that it saw …
Read More »Remarriage without intervening marriage (Halala)
The concept of halala has always been a debatable issue in Muslim societies. Many people get misled by different discussions on the subject. Through this article, I have made an effort to examine the legal and Islamic positions on this topic in order to elucidate the topic and I hope that people don’t get confused on the issue anymore. Mode …
Read More »How to Ameliorate CSS Exam
Renowned British statesman Sir Winston Churchill once said, “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” His words, indubitably, hold true to everything and to every field of life as improvement is a phenomenon that should never stop. A change happened in Pakistan when in April 2015, the Federal Public Service Commission took the radical step …
Read More »The Growing Indo-Afghan Alliance, India’s Sandwiching Policy toward Pakistan
The paramount geostrategic significance of the strife-torn Afghanistan lies in its offering a gateway to Central Asia, the Middle East, and South Asia. And, this very fact explains the voraciousness of various regional actors to hold sway over Afghanistan. The country is often termed as the “Graveyard of Empires” owing to its long history of successful resistance to external incursions. …
Read More »Gender Mainstreaming, An overview of its positive impacts
Gender mainstreaming was established as a major global strategy for the promotion of gender equality in Beijing Platform for Action from the fourth United Nations World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. It entails bringing the perceptions, experiences, knowledge and interests of women as well as of men to the domain of policymaking. Mainstreaming should situate issues of gender …
Read More »Time Management, The Key to Improving the Quality of Life
“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” ― Charles Darwin Of all the elements everyone has to work with, none is more precious than time. Time is extremely important in everyone’s life because its management is one of the key factors to achieve balance in life. In today’s modern …
Read More »Fight for Freedom or Terrorism? Elucidating the grey areas in the struggle for Kashmir
On August 4, Saarc Interior Ministers’ Conference was held in Islamabad. On the second day of the conference, while referring to the issue of Burhan Wani’s killing by Indian security forces, Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh indirectly accused Pakistan of sponsoring terrorism by saying that there should be no glorification or eulogising of terrorists as martyrs. But when his Pakistani …
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