2017

The world is going through a turbulent period and the roiling cauldron of Middle East politics has been stirred by launching of a blockade against Qatar by ten countries led by Saudi Arabia. Besides, the longstanding Palestine issue, the unending Syrian civil war, the Daesh invasion in Iraq and the ongoing conflict in Yemen are also making the situation in …

The election victories of Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party (the Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP) and its allies in India are in some respects the greatest moral and intellectual blow that Western liberalism has suffered in Eurasia since the end of the Cold War. That this fact has been so widely ignored by the Western media and commentariat is yet …

Modern information technologies and the advent of machines powered by artificial intelligence (AI) have already strongly influenced the world of work in the 21st century. They really seem to be reaching a point where we are really seeing an acceleration, what you might call an inflection point. Many seem to agree that robots will have a tremendous impact over the …

Having a college degree is almost universally accepted as one of the basic requirements for landing a good job and generally, being successful in life. But that’s not always the case, especially in the technology industry where there have been many visionaries who created something new and different that took the world by storm. Here are 9 such leaders of …

For feedback and suggestions, please write to us at: editorjwtmag@gmail.com; editor@jworldtimes.com Politics of Sindh Sindh seems experiencing a political vacuum. Political leadership in Sindh, led by PPP, has miserably failed to deliver. Rampant corruption, stalled agricultural progress and declined delivery of modern education vividly reflect political failure of Zardari’s government in the province. KP and Punjab are the centres of …

The Riyadh Summit, or the US-Arab-Islamic Summit, and the ensuing events once again have highlighted the widening chasms in the Muslim world. It further reinforces the impression that Muslims are still very far from achieving the dream of the unity of Ummah. Although the summit was organised with the ostensible purpose of combating terrorism, the statements made by President Trump …

National 1. US National Security Adviser, Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on ______. (a) Apr 16    (b) Apr 17 (c) Apr 20     (d) Apr 22 2. The Compulsory Teaching of the Holy Quran Bill 2017 was passed by the National Assembly on ______. (a) Apr 18    (b) Apr 19 (c) Apr 22    …

NATIONAL Apr 17: Ehsanullah Ehsan, one of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar top leaders and former Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan spokesman, surrendered himself to the security forces. Apr 17: The KP government signed 11 MoUs for five projects costing up to Rs. 60 billion with Chinese companies for development projects in the province under the CPEC. Apr 17: In a first high-level visit by officials from …

To celebrate the success of 75+ students in CSS and 12+ in PMS exams 2016, World Times Institute hosted a lavish dinner at the Faletti’s Hotel, Lahore. Senior bureaucrats, noted analysts and columnists, senior educationists and the successful WTI students participated in the event.

I am not sure who Kulbhushan Jadhav is, or how he came to be in Pakistan, but my curiosity has been aroused and I’ve tried to read as widely as I can to find the answers. Alas, all I’ve ended up with is questions. The more I learn, the more they multiply. First, why does Jadhav have two passports, one …