August 2016

On July 12, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)  in The Hague ruled that China’s sovereignty claims over the South China Sea, and its aggressive attempts to enforce them, violate international law. It is a decision that comes with no enforcement measures, so its effect will depend on how China’s neighbours and the United States respond. China …

Sixty-nine years have passed since the creation of Pakistan. Its intellectuals, societal leaders and political activists continue to debate Pakistan’s state identity, especially its relationship with Islam whether it was created as a homeland for the Muslims of British India or as an ideal Islamic state which would strictly implement the classical Islamic state and legal system and enforce the …

Allama Muhammad Iqbal is the spiritual and intellectual founder of Pakistan. No poet or philosopher in the history of the world has inspired and energised millions of people as Iqbal did. He was the last and the greatest thinker of the historic Aligarh Movement which brought about a paradigm shift in the consciousness of the Muslims of India, and transformed …

Quaid-e-Azam was a visionary leader having a deep insight and unrivalled vision for Pakistan on many fronts. He had a clear vision as to what sort of educational system we should have developed in our country. The Quaid believed that education was the key factor in safeguarding the national independence and moulding the character of a people. The system of …

Psychological control on fear to fail,  positive motivation, persistent action, hard work, and a smart preparation strategy are imperative to success. Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background? Ayaz Hussain (AH): After matriculation, I did my FSc from Government College University, Lahore. Then I did MBBS from King Edward Medical University (KEMU), Lahore …

The spectre of populism has gripped the world nowadays. We are living in a dangerous time of transition where industrial capitalism is breaking down and we don’t yet have a viable alternative. Incumbent politicians are still clinging to fixing the existing system while insurgent populists are arguing for big changes. This, to a large degree, explains the scary rise of …

Never be afraid of taking risk and never ever give up on your dreams! Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background? Mutahar Amin Hayat Wattoo (MAHW): I got my early education from Aitchison College, Lahore and completed my O Level and A Level from there. I was an honors student throughout and won …

  A lot has been said on the topic that is Pakistan a secular state or an Islamic one and the debate is likely to continue in the future as well. The so-called modernists stress that Pakistan must be a secular state whereas clerics and ideologists assert that it was to be an Islamic state. However, in 2015, a seventeen-judge …

Value-added Tax (VAT)/General Sales Tax (GST) frauds are rife in developing as well as advanced economies using VAT/GST system for raising indirect tax revenues. Perhaps, susceptibility of VAT/GST to frequent frauds as a weakness has emerged as the most-debated issue in the recent past. In Pakistan, GST fraud is no less than a daunting challenge for the Inland Revenue tax …

The total fiasco of the existing order implicates the drawing up of a new “Social Contract” in Pakistan to guarantee the provision of the inviolable human rights in letter and spirit. The theory of social contract first appeared during the 17th century when England, or to be more general, Europe was faced with the crisis of legitimacy of government to …