2011

The Ottawa Dialogue is a distinguished group of academics and retired senior officials and military officers from India and Pakistan. OTTAWA: An ongoing dialogue known as the Ottawa Dialogue has resulted in the adoption of an ambitious list of nuclear confidence-building measures (CBMs). The Ottawa Dialogue is a distinguished group of academics and retired senior officials and military officers from …

Consult the syllabus recommended books for CSS preparation. In my previous articles, I disc-ussed how to prepare the compulsory and the optional subjects by highlighting different aspects and important questions. In this article, I will provide some tips how to manage time while preparing for the CSS and PMS. The first thing, which a candidate should do, is to practise …

The budget brings now fear of the expected inflation and new taxes on different goods and service. The budget in Pakistan is an important event because it alters the economic outlook for the common man. Government steps especially subsidies, tax breaks and employment and income generating schemes bring positive change in their living standard. While withdrawal of subsidies, increase in …

Governance describes “the process of decision-making and the way by which decisions are implemented What is good governance? Good governance is an indeterminate term used in development literature to describe how public institutions conduct affairs and manage public resources in order to guarantee the realisation of human rights. Governance describes “the process of decision-making and the way by which decisions …

Islam declares all the creatures like a family (Ayal) of Allah as the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) narrated in his last sermon that all mankind is the progeny of Adam and Adam was fashioned out of clay. The statement of Mohammad Khalid Abdul Razak, Malaysian Consul General in Pakistan, that almost 700 affluent Pakistanis have transferred approximately Rs. 180 billion …

We are all working with one power, one law. It is attraction. You are the most powerful magnet in the universe! It has been passed down through the ages, highly coveted, hidden, lost, stolen ‘this centuries – old secret has been understood by some of the most prominent people in history. On the basis of observations and teachings of Plato, …

December 25, 1876: Born in Karachi. 1883: Admitted to the Sindh Madrasatul Islam. January 30, 1892: Sails for England. 1895: Called to the Bar from Lincoln’s Inn. London, UK. 1897: Enrolls as Advocate (OS) at the Bombay High Court. May 4 November 3, 1900: Acted as Third Presidency Magistrate. March 10, 1904: Elected Member, Bombay Municipal Corporation. Resigns March 1905. …

When Pakistan came into being the first national tragedy occurred when Quaid-e-Azam expired in 1948. This resulted in the quick change of governments and we became a laughing stock for other countries. The nation is going to celebrate yet another independence day in August amid enormous difficulties.  We are passing through critical phase of our history. Unending social and economic …

After prolonging the military conflict at huge cost in lives and dollars, Obama now admits ‘peace cannot come to a land that has known so much war without a political settlement.’ President Obama, it seems, is beginning to earn his 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. His June 22 speech on the US troops’ drawdown was the anticlimax of the one he …

Pak-German Relations: History of Time-Tested Cooperation Pakistan is located in one of the most important economic zones of the world. Being a strategic location, at the crossroads of China, the Middle East and Central Asia, with a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China and Sri Lanka and home to 177 million consumers, Pakistan offers matchless prospects for trade and investment …