2020

India’s Defence Budget 2020-21 Deceptive figures, faulty analyses Amjed Jaaved For year 2020-21, India’s Modi-led BJP government has allocated Indian Rupees (INR) 3,23,053 crore (about $45.8 billion at current exchange rate) for ‘defence services’. This excludes pensions and running of the defence administration—the ministry and the departments so concerned. It is 9.37 percent higher than the budget estimates for 2019-20. …

How to Deal with Failure? Laiba Muhammad Aamir In primary schools, we are all taught the story of a spider that tries again and again to weave a web. The purpose of that story was to make us learn that one should keep on trying again and again unless one achieves one’s goal. It intended to teach us that in …

GK Snippets

Future of Uncontrollable Population in Pakistan Maryam Ibrahim One of the most dangerous, yet less discussed, problems in Pakistan is overpopulation. From the provision of essential nutritious food to eat, and clean pure water to drink, to the providence of proper healthcare facilities and education and then from tackling unemployment to the urgency of raising the general standards of living, …

Pakistanis who made it to Forbes’ 30 under 30 Asia List for 2020

Evidence for Health Policy Design Asad Ejaz Butt and Izza Qayyum The Prime Minister of Pakistan, while speaking at the Ehsaas Telethon which was launched for Corona Relief Fund, raved about the diligence of his health advisers Dr Zafar Mirza and Dr Faisal Sultan. Each morning, he said, his advisers analyze health data to staunchly prepare for the National Command …

Winner WTI CSS ESSAY COMPETITION Global Economy is on the Brink of Collapse Sajida Razzaq

Economic Growth without Distributive Justice Breeds Violence Imdad Hussain In a real sense, all life is interrelated. The agony of the poor impoverishes the rich; the betterment of the poor enriches the rich. We are inevitably our brother’s keepers because we are our brother’s brother. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. — Martin Luther King

Changing Regional and Global Dynamics due to Coronavirus Waqas Zulfikar Sangi Humanity has never before confronted a crisis quite like Covid-19, one that has concurrently challenged both the limits of public health systems everywhere and the ability of countries to work together on a shared challenge of transnational security threats. And while its geopolitical, geo-economic, and geostrategic implications are drastically …

In Conversation with Rana Muhammad Dilawar (PSP) 39th in Pakistan, CSS 2018-19 Catch line: Only in PSP, you can give immediate relief to the distressed people. Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background? Rana Muhammad Dilawar (RMD): I got my initial education from Government Emerson College, Multan. Then, I did BA from the …