November 2016

Americans elect a president every four years and quite interestingly every time, the campaign-finance experts predict that it’s going to be the most expensive election in country’s history. This year’s election is also no exception as it has already been estimated that the 2016 election is going to be the most expensive in history. As per estimates, these will cost …

The 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly recently kicked off in New York, USA.  At the UNGA session many global and regional issues will be discussed. However, it is also an undeniable reality that a host of such issues could have been solved had the United Nations, with all its organs, played its due role. Although it has …

The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) is now the law of the United States. After months of warnings from President Obama, legal and international affairs experts and foreign leaders, the US House of Representatives unanimously passed the bill on September 9. This act of the Congress began a game of legislative ping-pong between the President and the Congress …

After the great Western victory over the Soviet Union in 1991, many echoed Francis Fukuyama’s view that the future belonged to liberal democratic states. And, much like after the Western victories in two World Wars, there was a period of significant expansion of democratic regimes around the world after 1991. But, now, 25 years after the dissolution of the Soviet …

“In the next century, nations as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority. National sovereignty wasn’t such a great idea after all.” —Strobe Talbot, Former Deputy Secretary of State (As quoted in Time, July 20th, l992) When a Nato commander warns that the West is on course for an armed conflict with Russia, …

Irrespective of Modi’s claims of its isolation, Pakistan has managed in recent months to place Kashmir high on the global radar screen as an outstanding issue warranting world community’s attention for its solution sooner rather than later in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiri people. In a clear departure from his earlier known position of urging the two nations …

In an era rocked by terrorist attacks, a massive refugee crisis, and ongoing political upheavals, António Guterres has become the world’s top diplomat, Secretary General of the United Nations. Encouraged by more than 13 countries and discouraged by none, Mr Guterres is the first former head of government to become UN chief. Mr Guterres’s nomination initially caught the international community …

For feedback and suggestions, please write to us at: editorjwtmag@gmail.com; editor@jworldtimes.com <br> World Food Day The day of 16th October was celebrated as ‘World Food Day’ all over the world. This year, the celebration contained one meaningful message which we should follow if we want to reduce poverty and fight the menace of hunger. There are a number of factors …

 “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” — Nelson Mandela Pakistan is often referred to as a country that is rich in natural resources but poor in their management. The nature has blessed the country with abounding reserves of these resources, ranging from abundant natural gas to copious oil deposits, from precious minerals …

Analysing the factors behind the fiasco The result for CSS-2016 written exam has shell-shocked many as only 202 candidates, out of 9643 who appeared, could actually make it. Although pass percentages in recent years have been on the decline — 15.77 percent (2009), 8.26 percent (2010), 9.74 percent (2011), 7.95 percent (2012), 2.09 percent (2013), 3.33 percent (2014) and 3.11 …