August 2012

Youth, the valuable asset of the country, is deprived of the privilege of education, training and employment when they are expected to lead the nation to prosperity. The young population of Pakistan is one of its most valuable assets. Youngsters play a key role in the development of a country, and their large proportion in a country’s population can ensure …

Without proper guidance the Preparation of CSS is just like finding your way in a Maze. Jahangir’s World Times: Kindly tell us briefly about yourself. Sahibzada Najeebullah: I did my GCE O-levels from St. Francis Grammar School (2005) Quetta, then A-levels from The City School Quetta (2007) and B.Com from Tameer-e-Nau Public College Quetta (2009). Currently I am doing my …

DEMOCRACY IS A STATE WHERE THE FREE MEN AND THE POOR, BEING IN MAJORITY ARE VESTED WITH THE POWER OF THE STATE, THE MOST PURE DEMOCRACY, FOR THAT IS WHAT THE LAW IN THE STATE DIRECTS. (ARISTOTLE) The 64 years history of Pakistan stands evident of the fact that true democracy is a word unknown to this land of the …

There is no short cut to success but once attained nothing succeeds it. Jahangir’s World Times (JWT):  Please tell us about your academic background and achievements in detail? Quratulain Malik: I belong to and was born in Lahore, but got my early school education from various schools of Punjab owing to my father’s frequent postings in various cities, however, did …

JWT’s August issue focuses on Independence and the Youth of Pakistan; for both the Independence day of Pakistan, and the World Youth Day happen to fall in this month. This article has been written in the perspective of the generation gap that has taken place over recent years among the Pakistanis. These lines suggest as to how we can bridge …

For a country whose founder defined democracy as ‘the complete equality of men’ the laws like ‘the Contempt of Court Bill, 2012’ are not less than a shame; rather contemptuous for a people who feel proud to be Pakistani and aspire for a dignified life in their dreamland, that is, Pakistan! If Pakistan were to look into a mirror today …

The revenue raised by printing money is called seigniorage. Whenever government relies on seigniorage for financing its expenditure, the money supply goes up. Consequently, a rise in inflation is also witnessed. Raising revenue by printing more money is just like imposing an inflation tax. It is a tax in the sense that, for the holders of money, inflation decreases the …

Jahangir’s World Times: What is the major economic crisis in Pakistan and how economy of Pakistan can be revived? Sartaj Aziz: Well, Pakistan is facing not just one crisis but a series of multidimensional economic crises mutually reinforcing each other.  Most severe of these is the fiscal crisis. In the past five years since 2007-08, our fiscal deficit has 6.5 …

It is the independence month. As a nation, if at one end we have been suffering from some big blows like the dictatorship and its off-shoots, at the other end we have been, every now and then, having reasons to smile as nation. Our people valiantly worked in the field of education, health, technology, social work and sports. Who can …

The anti-American sentiments in Pakistan notwithstanding,Pakistan has to be a part of the solution in Afghanistan. “It is the economy, stupid” is a slight variation of the phrase which James Carville had coined as a campaign strategist of Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 presidential campaign against sitting president George Bush. The same strategy has been followed by Finance Minister Hafeez Sheikh …