2013

Lambah and Khan now form a credible channel of communication between Singh and Sharif, thanks to their long experience in India-Pakistan negotiations. Lambah has been PM Singh’s back channel negotiator with General Pervez Musharraf and President Asif Ali Zardari since 2005. He was high commissioner to Pakistan and has known the Sharifs for more than a quarter of a century. …

The terrible floods in India’s tiny north Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, which killed more than 1,000 people, left 70,000 stranded for days and destroyed livelihoods, have been officially termed a natural calamity caused by cloudbursts and unprecedented heavy monsoon rainfall. However, the true causes of the epic tragedy lie in the grievous damage recently wrought on the region’s ecology by …

The Iranian President-elect, Dr Hassan Rowhani, himself went out of his way to signal his willingness for a new relationship with Riyadh. Even Saudis, who are usually sceptical about Iranian intentions, are encouraged by the new Iranian president. “Moderation in foreign policy means neither surrender nor confrontation but constructive and efficacious interaction with the world,” Mr Rowhani said in his …

A beautiful country endowed with a diverse culture, Canada, is a North American country. It is like a paradise for foreign students who aspire to further their studies in various fields of education. Every year, approximately 200,000 students from various countries go to study in Canada. Studying in Canada is an exciting and rewarding experience. Why Canada? Canada’s education reputation …

By 2020, the world will have about 50 billion connected electronic devices. We will have our own smartphones and computers, and organizations will have them spread everywhere from offices to tractors and boats to planes, monitoring rivers, air and soil. To start understanding what this means, think of cellphones. About 1.75 billion sets were sold in 2012, and Samsung and …

The first whiff of sleaze in the game came in 1994-95 when an Indian bookmaker offered money to Australia cricketers Mark Waugh and Shane Warne in exchange for information related to pitch and weather conditions. Inconclusive evidence resulted in the players being let off and the episode fading away from public memory. But this laxity meant that by 2000, fixers …

News From National & International Press   NATIONAL May 16: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) cancelled the degree-awarding status of ‘My University (Islamabad), Darul Madina International University (Islamabad), South Asian Strategic Institute University (Islamabad), Capital University (Islamabad), Pakistan Institute of Management (Karachi), Habib University Foundation (Karachi), Nazeer Hussain University (Karachi) and Lal Shahbaz University (Karachi)’ after they failed to meet the …

What should be the aims of education is a crucial question that merits deep pondering. Some people think that being educated means getting through academic institutions or making one’s brain a repository of some facts and information but this approach towards education is absolutely flawed. Holding a degree or diploma or certificate for the purpose of earning merely a living …

Jahangir’s World Times is the only magazine that caters for the needs of the candidates of the prestigious competitive exams including CSS, PMS and PCS. Candidates often face difficulties in selection of subjects, choosing the right books, preparing for the interviews and so on. JWT’s CSS GURU is an initiative to provide the guidance candidates may need at any stage. …

Holy Quran is a book abounding in all the knowledge on sciences. It makes very clear and concise statements about various subjects inviting the reader to verify the authenticity of these statements with investigation and research by saying: ‘Behold! In the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of the night and the day; in the sailing …