March 2021

Editorial

Zara Naeem: Another Shining Star of Pakistan  Pakistani Student ZARA NAEEM Breaks World Record By Scoring Highest Marks in ACCA The ACCA qualification rigorously tests the skills and competencies that a modern-day accountant needs, with a firm grounding in ethics and professionalism. Moreover, it prepares students for a rewarding career as a qualified and ethical finance professional.Zara credits her phenomenal …

To China  With Love From Pakistan’s perspective, China has a distinguished history of maintaining friendly and peaceful relations—which lead to the development of economy and infrastructure as well as augmentation of people-to-people contacts—with not only Pakistan but the neighbouring countries as well. China has always been observed as a country poised to make peaceful moves towards countries it has diplomatic relations …

PROTEST MOVEMENT SYMBOLS Protest movements around the world employ symbols to get out their message. After all, a picture says a thousand words. Three-finger saluteIn Myanmar, people show the three-finger salute as a sign of protest against the military coup. The gesture stems from the dystopian novel and film series “Hunger Games” and has also been a symbol of resistance …

Five Ways Coronavirus is Deepening Global Inequality 1. JobsThe pandemic has increased inequality between workers. Lockdown policies enacted by many governments to suppress the spread of the virus have particularly hurt the working poor in developing countries. For these workers, who depend on a daily wage and casual work, the inability to travel to their places of work has led …

The Reconstruction Of Religious Thought In Islam Author: Allama Muhammad Iqbal Muhammad Iqbal is one of those Islamic intellectuals of the Subcontinent who is celebrated by all, read by few, and understood by even fewer. Iqbal’s 1930 book “The Reconstruction Of Religious Thought In Islam” is a collection of speeches that this revered visionary leader gave on reconstructing the metaphysical …

Aung San Suu Kyi  From Freedom Fighter to Pariah Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi had the global community rooting for her when she was the world’s most famous political prisoner. But, in recent years, she was accused of standing by while soldiers massacred Rohingya Muslims.Darling of democracyAung San Suu Kyi, the daughter of Myanmar’s assassinated founding father Aung San, returned …

Education in the Time of Pendemic In August 2020, the United Nations warned through its Policy Brief titled ‘Education During Covid-19 and Beyond’ that “With the combined effect of the pandemic’s worldwide economic impact and the school closures, the learning crisis could turn into a generational catastrophe.” The report highlights that the pandemic has created the largest disruption of education …

World in Focus ( JAN-FEB 2021) National & International International Jan. 16: US President-elect Joe Biden announced to upgrade the White House science adviser position to cabinet-level.Jan. 16: Wrapping up a two-day exercise, Great Prophet 15, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards test-fired ballistic missiles in the Indian Ocean.Jan. 16: Leaked WhatsApp chat between Indian journalist Arnab Goswami and Partho Dasgupta, the head …

What is International Relations International Relations is the study of the interaction of nation-states and non-governmental organizations in fields such as politics, economics, and security. It is a discipline that studies interactions between and among states, and more broadly, the workings of the international system as a whole. It can be conceived of either as a multidisciplinary field, gathering together …