2015

Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): As the IMF programme is moving ahead, how do you see the performance of Pakistan’s economy in the first eighteen months of the programme? Harald Finger (HF): Pakistan has made significant progress in the first 18 months of the IMF programme in addressing short-term imbalances and risks coming out of economic crisis of 2013. Tremendous progress …

Bigotry settled in India as nowhere else. Many of Modi’s predecessors in BJP were, in fact, as bellicose as he is. Following is the text of a letter written by A. B. Vajpayee to the then US President Bill Clinton in the aftermath of the 1998 nuclear tests upon the lines of which he combined guile with statecraft. He wrote, …

Whether we like it or not, India’s Narendra Modi is in the driver’s seat at least in controlling the ‘temperature’ in Islamabad. He just has to ask his ministers to utter a few irresponsible words to instantly bring us into a ‘reactive’ mode as was seen in recent weeks with our government and media both quickly joining in the war …

Saudi Arabia’s influential oil minister Ali Al Naimi recently said, “We have embarked on a program to develop solar energy. Hopefully, one of these days, instead of exporting fossil fuels, we will be exporting gigawatts of electric power.” So, what happens when the biggest global exporter of petroleum liquids starts vouching for the power of the sun? Given this scenario, …

The Voters’ Signal to Erdogan June 07: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its absolute parliamentary majority in legislative elections. The AKP won the biggest share of the vote in the elections, but well down on the almost 50 per cent it recorded in the previous 2011 polls.

For feedback and suggestions, please write to us at: editor@jworldtimes.com  adeelniaz78@gmail.com Harmony in  Balochistan Saboteurs in Balochistan are now crossing the red line as their gamut of activities has now turned into a new pattern which is being done purposely for resurrecting the animosity among Pashtoon and Baloch peoples. But notwithstanding the divisive forces, people in Balochistan are at one …

A constitution is a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state is acknowledged to be governed. It is a sacrosanct document each and every provision of which must be faithfully and meticulously followed by all citizens of the state. On the one hand, it defines the status and the role of state’s premier organs, including …

40 Million Pakistanis Defecate Openly Imagine for a while, you are a guest or a host and you want to answer the call of nature, but there is no toilet in the house, nor you have the facility of public toilet outside your house. What will you do in this situation? Forty million Pakistanis have to face this situation daily. …

National, International News & MCQs National Apr 16: The Supreme Court suspended the death sentences handed down to six militants by the military courts. Apr 16: Pakista’s Nobel laureate, education activist, Malala Yousafzai once again made it to the list of the Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people. The list includes people like US President Barack Obama and India’s Prime …

astound: (v) astonish, stun, confound, dumbfound, flabbergast The magician astounded the audience by conjuring spirits and talking with mummies. befitting:  (adj) fitting, appropriate to, suited to, apt for They offered him a post befitting his seniority and experience. bemused: (adj) bewildered, puzzled, baffled, stumped, muddled He was looking at the boys with a bemused expression. blaze: (n) fire, flames, conflagration, …