December 2012

Pakistan has reached this point of carrying unsustainable and unmanageable external debt due to massive corruption levels, inefficient allocation of debt money, poor implementation of foreign-aided projects and financing of the current account. Consequently, the economy as a whole has become all the more dependent on large scale foreign long, and short-term borrowings. In 2010, Pakistan was declared the third …

It is important to realize that full membership of SCO can prove to be a very positive way out from economic slum A visible drift towards multi polar world is a wakeup call. In the ending years of 20th century economic development and defence cooperation among Asian nations have presented them as a formidable bloc. Presence of Russia, China, India …

Rehabilitation Legend, Dr Khalid Jamil (big B) Slams the 2% Quota for the Disabled in Civil Service Dr Khalid Jamil Akhtar is a versatile scholar, medical professional and a qualified rehabilitationist. He works as the head of Rehabilitation Department, Mayo Hospital, Lahore. After completing his graduation in medicine and surgery, he took the CSS exam and passed the written part. …

During Musharraf’s tenure, the US provided over $13 billion in military and economic aid, with military assistance accounting for over two-thirds, mostly through Coalition Support Funds (CSF). The approach was described by well-informed analysts as billions of dollars ‘provided without an overall perspective or any real sense of objective aside from support to Pakistan’s military.’ In return, Musharraf agreed to …

‘Never forget that you are the servants of the State. You do not make policy. It is we, the people’s representatives, who decide how the country is to be run. Your job is only to obey the decisions of your civilian masters.’ [About Military officers’ nominations in a reception at Governor General House on the occasion of first Independence Day …

It is an internationally recognised fact that the presence of female staff in the police and the reporting of the incidents of rape are closely interlinked. In Pakistan, female staff makes up only less than one per cent of the total police force in the country. The heart-rending incident that took place in Swat on October 9, 2012, gave a …

Pakistan is unable to focus on the economic diplomacy owing to the fact that Pakistan became part of the US-led war on terror. It has severely affected law and order situation in major cities of Pakistan, and eventually has worsened its position in international arena ‘politically and economically. Foreign policy of Pakistan has constantly been centred on military-strategic relations world …

Title: Jinnah of Pakistan, Author: Stanley Wolpert, Publisher: Oxford Press, Pages: 421, Price: PKR 495/- Stanley Wolpert’s ‘Jinnah of Pakistan’, and Hector Bolitho’s ‘Jinnah: Creator of Pakistan’ are regarded as monumental works on the life of the Quaid-e-Azam. Bolitho wrote it like a novel; Wolpert, a history account. An expert touch of fiction in Bolitho’s book makes it a pleasant-read. …

Our leaders, having lost their way they continue squabbling unmindful that their mulish, self-serving and ultimately self-immolating devotion to their own betterment has brought the country to the brink of disaster. So often are myths and lies passed on as uncontested truth that nothing we hear anymore is taken at face value and no one is considered to be speaking …

This poem carries various dramatic elements expertly intermingled in its construction. A drama should contain characters; and it has six characters; one is head of the parliament ‘Iblees’ and the other five are his advisors. Words, to be delivered by the characters, have been very carefully selected. The words accord the attributes of the speaker and satisfy the demand of the …