2021

Pakistan Joins the Madrid System A remarkable achievement Pakistan has recently joined the Madrid System of Trademark of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). With this development, the trademark holders of Pakistan would be able to protect their rights in more than 100 countries, by filing a single application at the WIPO. Similarly, the member countries of the Protocol would …

Global Gender Gap Report 2021 The World Economic Forum, an international NGO based in Cologny, Geneva Canton, Switzerland, has released the 2021 edition of its Global Gender Gap Report. Now in its 15th year, the report benchmarks the evolution of gender-based gaps in four areas: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. It also examines …

Sports for Development and Peace When you go from Prince Road to Jinnah Road in Quetta, on your left is the Government Science College compound that stretches from Masjid Road Chowk to Jinnah Road Chowk. The buildings of all the educational blocks of the college are connected to Patel Road on the south and Jinnah Road on the west. On …

World in Focus ( MAR-APR 2021) National & International March 16: National Highway Authority (NHA) and Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) signed an agreement under which NHA’s entire network will be monitored by using satellite technology. March 17: The first shipment of privately-imported Russian vaccine, Gam-Covid-Vac or Sputnik-V, comprising 50,000 doses arrived in Karachi. March 17: Prime …

Zakat and the Covid-19 Pandemic Covid-19 – the major health crisis that began in Wuhan (China) and was later declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) – has transformed into one of the worst economic crises of all time. The impact of the crisis is visible everywhere in the world, from migrant labour problems in India to an …

Understanding Hybrid Warfare If we study the hybrid warfare through the lens of strategic studies, it is one of the modern shapes of unconventional warfare; a collection of various kinetic and non-kinetic, strategic and tactical methods and manoeuvres to dent the enemy. Most of the modern writers and strategists are of the view that hybrid warfare is a new kind …

In Conversation with Salman Qayyum 58th in Punjab, PMS 2019-20 Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background? Salman Qayyum (SQ): I did matriculation and Intermediate from Crescent Model Higher Secondary School, Lahore. After that, I enrolled myself in the English Department of the Punjab University and completed my graduation in English Literature. JWT: …

Blunders to avoid in CSS INTERVIEW Common interview slip-ups It is easy to fall into a defeated mental place when making an easily avoidable interview mistake, which can be a hard state of mind to turn around. Here are common mistakes candidates make during the interview and what you should do instead: 1. Arriving late or too early 2. Inappropriate …

Internet Addiction and Compulsive Internet Use The Pandemic of the 21st Century We are living in the age of internet addiction, the 21st century, where we cannot stop ourselves from trolling Instagram posts, checking Facebook notifications, shopping online, watching thrilling seasons on Netflix, playing video games and getting inspired from the fashion sense of models and celebrities. This type of …

In Conversation with Dr Faiza Sodhar 1st in Sindh, PMS 2019-20 Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background. Dr Faiza Sodhar (DFS): I attended SZABIST Intermediate College, Larkana, for FSc. Later, I got admission in Chandka Medical College in the same city, from where I did my MBBS. JWT: What was the reason, …