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Crafting a more effective foreign policy constitutes a challenge in a political environment in which non-state actors and their sympathisers have come to occupy a position of strength. Common sense suggests that Pakistan should have friendly relations with all neighbours and with global powers that hold sway. Such a level-headed foreign policy requires realism and has little room for knee-jerk …

Chinese president Xi Jinping has four major reasons for delaying his high-profile state visit to Pakistan. Xi was set to visit Pakistan as part of a tour that also included India and Sri Lanka, with Islamabad being the likely first stop. On 6 September, however, the Chinese foreign ministry released a statement stating that the trip would be cancelled for …

Back to Square One, Peace is Still Elusive, Spilling the Beans?, Nature’s Wrath or Sheer Ineptness?, Better Late Than Never!, A Wake-up Call, It’s A Big No!, Historic Yet Insignificant, Imposed Reconciliation, A Never-ending War, Back to Square One! On Aug 18, New Delhi called off the Aug 25 meeting of foreign secretaries of the two countries because of Pakistani …

For feedback and suggestions, please write to us at: editor@jworldtimes.com; adeelniaz78@gmail.com ROLE OF TEACHERS’ UNIONS IN SINDH The unions in education sector were founded to facilitate the teachers. These were to provide them with a platform to raise their voice before the higher echelons to get their grievances addressed. Lamentably, these unions have become a “Mafia” of certain scoundrels and …

Democracy in Pakistan | Always on the Tenterhooks   It is often said that democracy is the best form of government that is functional in most countries of the world today. It is hard to negate that the countries where democracy put its roots down reached the zenith of development and good governance within no time. The exemplary development of …

National & International News & MCQs   National July 16: Security forces and the Bajaur political administration agreed to postpone a planned military operation in border areas of Mamond tehsil in Bajaur after tribal elders announced formation of a grand quami lashkar (militia) to combat militants. July 16: The Jamaat-i-Islami challenged the newly-passed Protection of Pakistan Act (PPA) 2014 as …

Media is a platform which provides us with all sorts of information. It also serves as a means of communication that allows ideas to exchange, attitudes to form, and a new society to shape. Modern history bears witness to the fact that media has grown its influence exponentially through the modern technology. It is also a cultural force which not …

Along with the first university, and even the toothbrush, it is among surprising Muslim inventions that have shaped the world we live in today. Let’s have a brief look at these outstanding contributions to the modern world: 1. Surgery Around the year 1,000, the celebrated doctor Al Zahrawi published a 1,500-page illustrated encyclopaedia of surgery that was used in Europe …

Literature is what gives humans an aesthetic pleasure and also has some kind of moral in it. The foremost requirement of literature is that it should be in the written form and should also be for a creative purpose. Literature includes fiction, drama, poetry and sometimes nonfiction like essays, articles and short stories. Most of the times, literary works are …

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a world body of 57 Muslim countries, is the second largest intra-governmental organization after the UN in the whole world. Article 1 of the OIC Charter lays down its first and the foremost objective as “to enhance and consolidate the bonds of fraternity and solidarity among the member states.” This is the organization which aims …