2017

Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background? Nasir Shahzad (NS): Although my early schooling was in local schools of district Vehari, I did matriculation and FSc from Muzaffargarh. I wanted to be a doctor but fate has something different in store for me. After doing BS English from BZU Multan in 2012, I …

In the recent years, climate change has emerged as a bigger threat to Pakistan than terrorism, but still there is little realisation of it at public and government levels. Global warming is to inflict more harm than any other problem but it is not at the priority of the government while masses continue to struggle to remain afloat. Floods cause …

Excellent presentation skills and a lot of practice of past papers before the exams are also ighly important. Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background? Syeda Amna Moudoodi (SAM): I did my O Level and A Level from Lahore Grammar School. Then, I went to FCC, a prestigious educational institution in Lahore, to …

 “Verily with every hardship comes ease.” — (Al-Quran) My heart is sinking into my boots; I don’t feel like doing something creative; I am at my wit’s end. These are the expressions that reverberate around us time and again. We are confronted with problems, worries and angst daily. We tend to be pusillanimous on the petty issues. We pettifog on …

In July 2016, a report was presented at an international Aids conference held in Durban, South Africa. The report, which consisted of the findings of the meta-analysis coordinated by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, should have rung alarm bells but it went largely unnoticed. It suggested that the prevalence …

The year 2016 proved a watershed for Pakistan in terms of foreign policy and external relations. It was in the second half of this year that the newfound bonhomie between Pakistan and its Cold War adversary, Russia, started becoming more and more spirited and lively. In September, troops from both countries held their first-ever joint military exercises— the Friendship 2016—in …

The worst feeling a human can ever face is being helpless and worthless. This is precisely what the trans-genders in Pakistan feel with the unjust treatment they are meted out by the society. Transgenders, in Pakistan, and the region at large, are rarely respected and most of them lead lives of abuse, violence, exploitation and misery. Ironically, they are viewed …

Pakistan’s relations with the United States have deteriorated significantly in the final months of the Barack Obama presidency. Obama feels that foot-dragging by Pakistan has not helped him to deliver on his ambition to withdraw from the wars initiated by his predecessor George W. Bush. Islamabad, in Washington’s view, could have done more to eliminate the sanctuaries in Pakistan’s tribal …

By: Dr Ghazala Mansuri Over 80 percent of Pakistanis consistently report that their economic wellbeing has either deteriorated or remained the same. Only 20 percent, disproportionately concentrated in the very top of the distribution, feel that they are better off and similarly small numbers believe that economic conditions have improved for their locality. If we took a poll today, it …

Economic development is the process by which a state improves the economic, political and social wellbeing of its citizens without any sort of discrimination. This continual process makes the country and its people grow and prosper and also helps the country in gaining respect in the community of nations. When Pakistan emerged on the map of the world, in 1947, …