2017

During the CSS-2016 interviews, the FPSC panellists have mainly focused these areas International 1. How US elections will impact Canada? 2. Heart of Asia Conference 3. Falling prices of oil: reasons and impacts 4. Syrian war and Iran-Saudi rivalry 5. Impact of Free Trade Agreements 6. Reasons of downfall of League of Nations 7. How do you see the tenure …

“A great deal of world politics is a fundamental struggle, but it is also a struggle that has to be waged intelligently.”   (— Zbigniew Brzezinski ) All eyes are on the ever-changing power polarity of the international order, particularly in the South Asian region. While the theme for the general debate at the 71st UN General Assembly session revolved around …

RATIO: The number of times one quantity contains another quantity of the same kind is called the ratio of the two quantities. (a:b) PROPORTION: The equality of ratios is called proportions. Example: Consider the two ratios     1st ratio        2nd ratio 5:15           7:21 Direct Proportion: If the given two quantities are so related to each other that …

A balanced diet is the one that consists of proper quantities and proportions of foods needed to maintain health or growth. It provides, in proper proportions, the human body with all the nutrients necessary for adequate nutrition. Such a diet contains  proper proportions of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water; ingredients necessary to maintain good health. Definition A balanced …

ARTICLES Rule 1: Use indefinite article ‘A’ before the word ‘Half’ when it follows a whole number. I stayed in Karachi for one and a half years. Rule 2: Use definite article ‘THE’ with a comparative adjective, if the phrase ‘of the two’ is used. She is the better of the two sisters. Rule 3: Don’t use any article with …

Recently, a student told me that he was trying his best to “cram” vocabulary but was not really succeeding. He further asked me how he could increase his word-power. Here are my observations regarding this problem: Vocabulary should never be crammed. It cannot be learnt consciously. While learning a language, you shouldn’t be conscious that you are trying to learn …

The world’s biggest sporting event, Rio Olympics 2016, ended on a miserable note for Pakistan. It was heart-wrenching to see that not even a single athlete of this nation of nearly 200 million people could qualify for the event, let alone winning any medal. How embarrassing is the fact that all seven athletes from Pakistan, the country which prides itself …

Hunger is the by-product of acute poverty “Our world is one of terrible contradictions. Plenty of food, but one billion people go hungry. Lavish lifestyles for a few, but poverty for too many others. Huge advances in medicine while mothers die every day in childbirth, and children die every day from drinking dirty water. Billions spent on weapons to kill …

Introduction Status of Women before Islam, and in other religions Status of women in Arabia Status of women in Roman Empire Status of women in Hinduism Status of women in Buddhism Status of women as granted by Islam Status in a house As a mother As a sister As a wife As a daughter Status in a society  Right to …

Introduction Different types of media Print media Electronic media Social media and its types Blogs and micro-blogs (Twitter) Social networking sites (Facebook) Social commerce (Amazon, Alibaba) Social media news (Digg) VolP Software (Skype, MSN) Social Media as a source of connecting people Connecting with unknown people belonging to other nations and states Connecting with the people one already knows, irrespective …