2014

14th Position CSS 2013 | JWT provides a shortcut to prepare better and that too in a lesser time through the quality stuff. Before actually taking the CSS exam, I combed through previous issues of JWT. Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, for the interest of JWT readers and CSS, PMS aspirants, please tell us about your academic background. …

Pakistan is a consociational society where different religious groups are in conflict with each other on petty issues. There are many horizontal and vertical cleavages in Pakistan that keep people divided on the basis of religion, caste, creed, status and language along with everlasting lacuna between haves and have-nots. These cleavages are not only undermining Pakistan’s economic system but are …

While the politicians fight each other in Islamabad for control of Pakistan, they make no mention in their fiery speeches of the real crisis likely to stunt prosperity for generations. According to economists and demographers, the explosion that endangers Pakistan is not political but demographic. The UN has projected that if fertility rates remain constant, Pakistan’s population will jump to …

5 Indian Weapons Pakistan Should Fear | 5 Pakistani Weapons India Should Fear 5 Weapons Pakistan Should Fear 1. INS Vikramaditya Aircraft Carrier INS Vikramaditya is the newer and more modern of India’s two aircraft carriers. Vikramaditya can lead an offensive at sea against Pakistani Navy. It is 282 meters long and displaces 44,000 tons. Its powerful air wing is …

The traditional budgeting is based on incremental decision making; it begins with estimation of current costs hence it is an accounting-oriented approach while no review of ongoing activities is undertaken for allocating funds. In zero-based budgeting, the organization should not take for granted the expenditures incurred in previous years rather they should start afresh insofar as expenditure in coming years …

Pakistan is facing numerous socioeconomic challenges including poverty, terrorism, water scarcity, to name some. However, the most complex challenge likely to impact our current and future generations is climate change. The signs are already visible on our society, most prominent of which is the extreme flooding during recent years. The ever-increasing impacts of climate change have given rise to the …

Islam and the state has always been a debatable issue in Pakistan. Cultural Islam continually dominates the lives of the Pakistanis. There was no main dissent among different sects, and people actively participated in each other’s religious affairs. The radical strain proliferated by Zia’s Islamization resulted in the worst sectarian strife ever. Introduction Militancy in Pakistan has deep roots in …

A welfare state is determined by the type of government. If the government provides all the services for the welfare or wellbeing of its citizens, then it can be called a welfare state. Such a government is a part of the lives of its people at every extent. It caters for the physical, material and social needs. The main objective …

To say that dams are crucial for a country’s sustainable socioeconomic progress is to state the obvious. Water security has emerged as a key theme of public policy discourse at global level as countries are taking immediate steps to replenish their water resources by building more and more dams and making judicious and efficient use of water. For the last …

The boilerplate versions of different aspects of Pakistan Affairs are in abundance; the Constitution of Pakistan is no exception. The chief versions of the Constitution that often come under discussion are: the 1956 Constitution, the 1962 Constitution and the 1973 Constitution. The standard comparison of the three versions involves similarities and dissimilarities among them. The similarities highlight the basis of …