2017

Kashmir burns while the world fiddles The policy of appeasement adopted by Pakistan in the face of India’s tyrannical rule over Kashmir has often resulted into mayhem and chaos in the valley. Quite pitiable are the policy novices who endlessly argue on this chronic issue with their fallacious narratives which are absolutely contrary to ground realities and the aspirations of …

President Obama will be most remembered for his so-called “Pivot to Asia” policy which emphasized that the United States needed to rebalance its diplomatic and economic efforts in the direction of Asia, particularly in the light of how important this region would be for US interests in the future. That was essentially what motivated the shift, and it manifested itself …

The election of Republican Party candidate, Donald J. Trump, as the 45th President of the United States, gave birth to apprehensions that he would be disastrous for the Muslim world in general and Pakistan in particular. Pakistan has been fighting the US-led global war on terror since 2001 as a frontline state. However, for the last decade and a half, …

Without any incertitude, women are the most marginalized and discriminated gender in our society. They are often insecure and vulnerable to oppression at the hands of men. Every time a woman steps out of her home, she is weak and diffident; be it schools, workplaces or any other public space, a feeling of inferiority that surrounds most women goads them …

JWT magazine and the books published by Jahangir’s World Times Publications helped me a lot in staying updated Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background? Murrad Hussain Nekokara (MHN): After completing my matriculation and then intermediate studies from Chenab College, Jhang, I got myself enrolled at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (Islamabad Campus) …

There is a dire need to examine the shifting conceptualizations of womanhood and ideologies of gendered bourgeois identity as they emerged among South Asian Muslims during the 19th century. These discourses were located within a large social context of the gradual erosion of feudal tradition, along with the exigencies of capitalist markets, and the emergence of a new middle class …

Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background? Muhammad Nabil (MN): I belong to Shampur Khokhran, a village in district Gujrat. I got primary and secondary education from my native village. Then, for higher secondary education, I went to Government Islamia College Civil Lines Lahore and did my FSc (Premedical). After that I graduated …

False alarms, accidents and misunderstandings involving nuclear weapons are inevitable. The UK Trident missile test of June 2016 reminds us that nuclear weapons are complex technological systems which can fail or interact with human actors in unexpected ways. Former US Secretary of Defense William Perry argues that it is more through good luck than good management that we have avoided …

Local bodies are basic building blocks of governance. Being closest and easily approachable to the common man, these bodies are widely considered the ultimate governance instrument for solving most basic problems, addressing small-scale development needs and community welfare, hence infusing in the masses a sense of ownership for these bodies. For effective, efficient and representative local governance, local government elections …

Background Article 140-A of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973, was added through the Eighteenth Constitutional Amendment in 2010. The constitutional provision provided for three aspects related to the local government: a. It established the local government system within the constitutional framework of Pakistan; b. It provided for devolving of the ‘political, administrative and financial responsibility and authority to the elected …