April 2013

“The incident in Jallian Wala Bagh was ‘an extraordinary event, a monstrous event, an event which stands in singular and sinister isolation” Winston Churchill On April 13, 1919, Brigadier-General Reginald E.H. Dyer opened fire on an unarmed gathering in Jallianwala Bagh. Official sources place the casualties at 379, private sources say that the number was over 1000 and Civil Surgeon …

Long marches have failed to unfold the untold and unseen in Pakistan. Things are same; poor governance, illiteracy, health issues, inflated prices, deteriorated law and order, human trafficking, rampant unemployment and acute energy crisis are still haunting the nation.   Prologue The honeyed words do not bring out substantial changes; there is Herculean effort behind everything existing and surviving at …

For the very first time in its history, Pakistan is on the verge of transition as PPPP-led government has completed its full 5-year term and soon the elections will be held to choose their successors. Keeping in view the full-throttle electioneering, parties’ luring manifestos and youth’s role in bringing about the much-trumpeted ‘CHANGE’, Jahangir’s World Times is going to publish …

In Pakistan’s political history, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is the only political party that has gone through dramatic ups and downs in terms of popularity. Some recent polls suggest that its popularity is at all-time low since the massive political gathering of 30th October. After Imran Khan’s phenomenal success in attracting the masses, a ‘tsunami’ of scathing criticism was directed at …

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Nationalizing the International Law on Counter Terrorism Financing The debate that the recent wave of terrorism is a byproduct of international politics is not new in Pakistan; though many tend to disagree with this point of view. If the legislation of a country is any measure, the recent Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Act, 2013 (ATA) and Anti-Terrorism (second amendment) Bill 2013, passed …

In an unlettered society where one rarely comes across people genuinely into writing or reading and where books are sold not by content but by weight as a waste paper commodity and where bookstores are disappearing fast, getting converted into video shops or burger stands, the arrival of every single new book by a Pakistani author is freshening expression of …

The economy has survived austerity thus far this year thanks to housing, but the sequester’ could change that. What is Sequester? Sequester is a procedure in United States law that limits the size of the federal budget. It involves setting a hard cap on the amount of government spending within broadly-defined categories; if Congress enacts annual appropriations legislation that exceeds …

On 12 March 2013, U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper presented to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence the worldwide threat Assessment of the US intelligence community. The text below is the excerpts of the statement of the record which relates to the Iranian regime. TERRORISM AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME TERRORISM IRAN AND LEBANESE HIZBALLAH The failed 2011 …

An economic system based on a free market, open competition, profit motive and private ownership is called capitalism. There is ‘capitalism’ and then there is ‘really existing capitalism.’ The term ‘capitalism’ is commonly used to refer to the U.S. economic system, with substantial state intervention ranging from subsidies for creative innovation to the ‘too-big-to-fail’ government insurance policy for banks. The …