2013

After months of deliberation and a rigorous selection process, Dubai’s Vikas Pota has been selected the ‘Young Global Leader’. With multi-billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and co-founder and CEO of Google Larry Page, noted as some of the titles past winners, Pota pipped hundreds of other nominees, from around the world, to the post, with his vision championing a better …

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. …

‘I believe Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity’ Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): Kindly tell us about your educational background and achievements, especially your success in CSS. Javed Nabi Khoso (JNK): I did Masters in Business Administration, with distinction, from University of Sindh, Jamshoro. Before joining Civil Service, I have been serving as Patrol Officer in National Highways and …

Islam is a religion that exhorts its followers to be humane with their fellow-humans. There seems to be no such tenet that allows humiliation of a human being, rather in an Islamic society, minorities enjoy more rights than in any other society. Shariah enunciates explicitly and makes it binding that minorities, too, will be entitled to rights as granted to …

In 1948, the World Health Organization held the First World Health Assembly. The Assembly decided to celebrate 7 April of each year, with effect from 1950, as the World Health Day. The theme for 2013 is high blood pressure. World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of World Health Organization in 1948. …

Britain has long attracted and welcomed high caliber students from all corners of the world. In the recent UK Visa Policy, Tier 4 is the points-based system that mainly deals with the students. Can You Apply? As a Tier 4 (General) student, you must have 40 points in the points-assessment. You can score: 30 points for having a valid confirmation …

“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 …