June 2015

The institution of prayer is found in all religions of the world in one form or the other. All the great religious personalities have recognised that prayer is communion with God — a link between the slave and his Master. Had there been no prayer, man’s life would have been completely rudderless and God would not have been a living …

Although a lot of changes have been introduced to the new syllabus for CSS exam, yet it never means that one should feel desperate and discouraged. Change is always good, and the one which seems to ensure the supply of better lot of new officers to the country’s bureaucratic sodality is vital as well. Introduction As CSS 2016 will be …

Importance of tax revenue in the fiscal system of a country cannot be negated because it is a leading source of revenue for balancing the budgets. Tax revenue constitutes major component of revenue receipts in all around the world with the exception of a few natural-resource-rich countries where non-tax revenue is a major source of revenue. It is also not …

How to manage time and workload to improve efficiency One of the main causes of stress that a public servant often faces in his service is mismanagement of time or failure in managing activities in time. There may be a number of reasons behind this phenomenon, ranging from time-wasters to lack of planning, organization or controlling activities in terms of …

During Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s latest visit to Kabul, the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan once again reiterated their determination for building close relations and cooperating on the Afghan peace efforts. The Premier’s visit was the first since the inauguration of a National Unity government in Afghanistan. The Kabul rendezvous highlights recent efforts of the Afghan government to kick-start Pakistan-assisted …

A false sense of optimism seems to be growing on the state of the Pakistan Economy, a notion being consciously promoted by the economic managers, which if not checked can have larger long-term negative implications. First, complacency can set in and the much-awaited economic reforms, necessary to correct the underlying malaise of the economy, will once again be put on …

Introduction The prefatory question is not ‘how to measure,’ but is ‘why to measure’ terrorism. The question may be open to many an answer; one response with erudite credentials came from Bruno S. Frey and Simon Luechinger of the Institute of Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich, Switzerland. In a paper entitled “Measuring Terrorism” (2003), they opined that the …

The global community has failed dismally in meeting the challenge of providing all children with a quality education. This failure is tragically apparent in Pakistan, world’s sixth most populous country. With one of the lowest education budgets in the world, development of education sector in Pakistan faces serious impediments. Pakistan needs to break out of it’s complacency with poor education …

The massacre of about four dozen men and women belonging to Ismaili community in Karachi on the fateful morning of May 13 is yet another reminder; if at all any other reminder was needed, of gravity of the problem of homegrown terrorism. This is the second most gruesome act of terrorism after the carnage at Peshawar’s Army Public School on …

Now how do you top this as a geopolitical entrance? Eight JF-17 Thunder fighter jets escorting Chinese President Xi Jinping on board an Air China Boeing as he entered Pakistani air space. And these JF-17s were built as a China-Pakistan joint project. Silk Road? Better yet; silk skyway. Just to drive the point home — and into everyone’s home — …