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The controversial statement by American Presidential hopeful Mr Donald Trump whereby he invited India to keep a check on ‘unstable Pakistan’s nuclear weapons’ as Pakistan — according to him — is likely to go rogue, has popped up many questions. Fragility of peace in the capricious and highly volatile security complex of South Asia that is mainly triggered by action-reaction …

“I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people” are the words President Obama expounded in a move to reflect upon his 2009 decision of committing additional troops to Afghanistan while delivering his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize. Notwithstanding the criticism from civil society and media, the …

1. Introduction 2. Good Governance and Its Indicators 3. Importance of Good Governance for a Country Importance for the Economic Sector Importance for the Political Sector Importance for the Social Sector 4. IS PAKISTAN CONFRONTING A CRISIS OF GOOD GEVERNANCE?? Yes! The following facts are a proof of the governance crisis of Pakistan: General public’s shattered trust in government Absence …

Pity a nation that despises a passion in its dream, yet submits it in its awakening. Pity the nation whose sages are dumb with years, and whose strongmen are yet in the cradle. Pity the nation divided into fragments, each fragment deeming itself a nation. (Gibran Khalil Gibran) Not many moons ago, the land of the pure literally flowed with …

JWT is doing a commendable job by providing fingertip information on all subjects on a single platform. I do applaud the efforts of Team JWT. Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background. Dr Muhammad Raza Tanveer (DMRT): I got my schooling from various institutions in different parts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It …

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has recently published ranking of Pakistani universities, both general as well as category-wise. The ranking depicts overall position of a particular university vis-à-vis other universities in the country without shedding any light on the academic atmosphere and quality of teaching and learning within the institutions. The question is whether higher education has fulfilled the promises …

Every nation on this planet covets progress and development in every field of life. But, it is also a reality that while some countries are making huge headways in the realm of progress and development, others are still grappling with extreme poverty. Latest data suggest that nearly 1.3 billion people live in extreme poverty — less than $1.25 a day. …

Einstein, once reached by Grenville Clark of Dublin and asked, “Dr Einstein, why is it that when the mind of man has stretched so far as to discover the structure of the atom we have been unable to devise the political means to keep the atom from destroying us?” The sage physicist replied: “That is simple my friend: because politics …

In public service, morale is an indication of a sound employment situation and a positive means of building an efficient and effective organization to achieve its goals smoothly. We can strongly infer that it arises out of a socio-psychological situation or a state of mind in which persons voluntarily seek to enhance their potentials to accomplish the task they are …

The ‘clash of empires’ between the US and Soviet Union, which characterized the post-war era and that culminated in more bitter conflicts and a race for control over Asia, ended in more of a whimper than a full-fledged armed conflict. The Soviet empire collapsed with the surge of a reinvigorated Anglo-Saxon belief in its moral and economic principles and with …