2015

Will It Reshape Global Financial System? On July 21, the five BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — formally launched the New Development Bank (NDB) at its new Shanghai headquarters. The NDB is the second development bank, after the 57-member Asian Infrastructure Development Bank, backed by Beijing that seeks to create alternatives to the existing US-dominated …

Let’s Resolve to Promote Education in Pakistan Education is the foundation stone of a civilized society. It is the ladder that helps in reaching the pinnacles of social, moral and economic development in a country. All the saner minds around the world, individually and collectively, are amply aware of the importance of education because a person’s power of reasoning and …

Dr Syed Amer Mahmood is the current chairman of Punjab University’s Space Sciences department. Having earned his PhD in Remote Sensing/GIS from Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany, Dr Amer has a long list of scientific cruises on his credit. His research interests include remote sensing and applications of Geographical Information System (GIS) in the field of natural disaster management, geosciences, …

Pakistan’s emergence on the map of the world as an independent state on August 14, 1947 was, no doubt, the finest hour of our history. Our people saw in it the promise of long-cherished freedom, democracy and prosperity. It was with a sense of supreme satisfaction at the fulfilment of his mission that Quaid-e-Azam told the nation in his last …

1. Christopher LanganConsidered by many to be the smartest person alive today, Christopher Langan is an autodidact (self-taught) who had a difficult upbringing and bulked up in order to fight off bullies as well as a temperamental stepfather. His IQ is reported to be between 195 and 210. 2. Terence TaoTerence Tao is a Chinese-American mathematician who has been estimated …

A Promising Start July 24: The world’s first malaria vaccine got a green light from European drugs regulators. The shot, called RTS,S or Mosquirix and developed by British drug-maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in partnership with the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, would be the first licensed human vaccine against a parasitic disease.  Vagaries of Justice July 30: India executed convicted bomb plotter …

For feedback and suggestions, please write to us at:editor@jworldtimes.com;  adeelniaz78@gmail.com Good Governance in Pakistan Governance means the practical use of power and authority aimed at serving the public interest, and achieving prosperity of the masses. However, all those who are vested with these powers, must be accountable for their deeds. Good governance means that people should be left to govern …

After a hard, trying phase in its history, it is quite heartening to note that this Independence Day brought along some propitious omens for Pakistan’s bright future. This was the first 14th August, after years of gloom and despair, when Karachi, the City of Lights, and Balochistan, the Eldorado of Pakistan, like other parts of the country, witnessed massive independence …

The ominous rightward shift in the Indian politics reflected by the landslide victory of BJP, a right-wing Hindu nationalist party, in the elections held last year under the leadership of Narendra Modi carried dangerous portents for Pakistan. Narendra Modi’s life-long  membership of RSS, an extremist militant organization, and the commitment of both BJP and RSS to Hindutva or the revival …

The President’s Task Force On 21st Century Policing In The Us & How It Is Relevant To Pakistan In the absence of serious academic and independent research on the state of affairs of policing in Pakistan, it may be apposite to take clues from the international perspectives. One such perspective was offered as a result of the Ferguson firing case …