February 2014

Essays 1.   Energy crisis in Pakistan: causes and consequences 2.   A critical analysis of education systems in Pakistan 3.   Democracy is a culture rather than a process. 4.   Not economy but politics is a key to success 5.   Dialogue is the best course to combat terrorism 6.   Social and economic securities for women in Islam 7.   Without good communication skills, …

Shale oil (light tight oil) is rapidly emerging as a significant and relatively low-cost new unconventional resource in many countries.

OPEC was organized in the early 1960s by Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and Venezuela with the primary goal of unifying the five countries’ oil export policies. The five countries certainly possessed that power when the cartel was initially formed, and while the cartel still produces about 40% of the world’s oil, OPEC’s dominance has declined over the years.

There is a huge difference between government and the governance; the former is a physical entity while the latter is qualitative and normative in nature. There can be a government but what determines its efficacy and effectiveness in improving the lives of its citizens is its governance.

There is a consensus among development thinkers that development helps to bring government closer to the people.

Globalization is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture. It is a phenomenon that affects social and personal life in a big way.

The fact that not ignorance but ignorance of ignorance is true ignorance encompasses the justification of existence of behaviours which are antagonist to all facets of society and state.

More than sixty-seven years have passed but Kashmir dispute, one of the oldest unresolved international problems in the world, is still unresolved mainly because of India’s intransigence and UN’s indolence.

All the states in modern world shoot for running the affairs of the country in an efficient manner to serve the people best.

Pakistan is a country having vast natural resources but, unfortunately, it is unable to manage the scattered and divided network of national assets. All mismanagement and encroachment upon our internal affairs is due to intellectual vacuum and political dilemmas. Ironically, we are not independent enough to introduce some healthy economic reforms.