2016

As President Barack H. Obama’s second term is coming to its end and Donald J. Trump has been elected as the new president of the United States, it’s time to make a critical evaluation of Obama’s foreign policy. President Obama entered the Oval Office with an avowed aim to “change” the United States. However, when he is leaving the office, …

Since her very independence, Pakistan has been, and is still, relying on foreign-aid from international financial institutions like IMF, World Bank and others as well as from foreign donor countries. These loans, although, kept Pakistan’s economic locomotive running yet it could not produce sustainable economic growth. With the passage of time, we were burdened with increasing foreign debt. And, at …

Often described as the world’s most powerful regional bloc, the European Union (EU) has long been the most developed model of regional integration. Over the years, it has gone through various crises, like the Eurozone Crisis and more recently the Brexit vote in United Kingdom, but every time it has emerged ever more stronger. Here is a brief look at …

At present, the tragedy that holds its severe grip on the Muslim world is the intellectual crisis that has engulfed the entire civilization. The first and the foremost reason behind this crisis is our utter disconnect with the original texts and scriptures and it occurred due to obsoleteness of the brain’s most important capability — theorization. This prominent feature holds …

Migration, be it within a country’s boundaries or beyond its territorial limits, is a phenomenon no country is excepted from. Whether it is a developing country or a developed one, internally-displaced people or those who have migrated to other places are found everywhere. These migrants play a critical role in keeping the wheel of their host countries’ socioeconomic development in …

Key Words MCQs 1. Subtracting 6 from a certain number gives the result 7 less than twice of that number. What’s the number? (a) 1          (b) ½ (c) 5          (d) 6 2. Four times the first of three consecutive even integers is 3 more than twice the third. What is the third integer? (a) 9    …

1. Introduction 2. Some facts about China and Pakistan 3. Historical evidence of Pak-China Friendship Border settlement between Pakistan and China Role of China in Pakistan-India war Chinese support for Pakistan at UNSC China and nuclear programme of Pakistan Role of China in the defence needs of Pakistan Pakistan’s support to China at the time of isolation Pakistan’s role in …

“Sir I got 700+ marks in other subjects but failed English Précis & Composition in my previous attempt. This time again, I have failed this very paper. I really don’t know what to do about this paper.” These words of distraught are not unfamiliar to those who teach English to CSS aspirants. We come across many students who, despite being …

“To a degree, the West is reaping what it sowed from a major strategic blunder in the aftermath of 9/11 —  the entire concept of a war on technique, that is, terrorism. Defining the enemy, when fighting a concept, was impossible.” In recent months, terrorism has not just become more lethal and more common, but more widespread also. The death …

Science has rendered great services to civilization. It has released the forces of nature and harnessed them in the progressive march of civilization, generation after generation. It has canalized the energies latent in our environment toward raising the standard of human life through a flood of discoveries and inventions. It has changed the face of the earth, making it unrecognizable …