2017

Coding Decoding Questions (GSA)

1. If TAP is coded as SZO, then how is FREEZE coded? (a) ATSSTS               (b) ESDDYD (c) EQDDYD         (d) EQDDZD 2. In a certain code, SUKKUR is written as TTLJVQ, how is TRAINING written in that code? (a) UQBHOHOF        (b) UQBHOIOF (c) UQBHOHOI            …

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THE NEW DEAL

In his first inaugural address, United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, made an attempt to assess the enormous damage: “The withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce; the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone. More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence …

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THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

A theory of international relations is a set of ideas that explain how the international system works. Unlike an ideology, a theory of international relations is (at least in principle) backed up with concrete evidence. The two major theories of international relations are realism and liberalism. REALISM Realism, also referred to as Political Realism, is one of the oldest theories …

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Tearing Down Misplaced Perceptions about China’s Rise

This July witnessed an intense level of escalated tensions, what came to be known as Doklam standoff, between China and India, which erupted after India, posturing quite belligerently, sent its troops to interrupt the construction of a road by the Chinese military. As the dispute lingered on, it increasingly drew both countries and their masses into an intensely-contested war of …

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Late Marriages and Reproductive Health

Late marriage is a growing phenomenon, especially in the urban areas of Pakistan, due to multiple socioeconomic factors. In our society, this problem consequently affects women in a variety of ways and impedes their efforts on getting settled in their married life. The reproductive health of married women gets affected the most; thereby complicating things for them to survive in …

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Pakistan still stuck in Malthusian growth

The provisional results of Pakistan’s 6th census show that the country now hosts 207 million people. The results exhibit that Pakistan is still stuck in Malthusian growth, even if things on the economy front are getting better. But, economic development doesn’t mean that a substantial rise in living standards has occurred; that is what we mean by Malthusian.  Pakistan’s population …

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English Essays for CSS 2018

Is colonial legacy impeding Pakistan’s progress?   (CSS-2017) 1. Introduction 2. What is colonial legacy? 3. Different manifestations of colonial legacy (a) Colonial legacy in Political Sector (b) Colonial legacy in Economic Sector (c) Colonial legacy in Religious Sector (d) Colonial legacy in Administrative Sector (e) Colonial legacy in Social Sector 4. Colonial legacy: the biggest impediment to Pakistan’s progress (a) …

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Understanding Sales Tax Reforms

Introduction Generally speaking, tax reforms are meant to reduce burden of taxes on poor and middle class, to attract investment, to increase burden on non-compliant taxable persons, to minimize discretionary powers of tax authorities, to remove sectoral distortions in domestic taxes, to broaden the tax base and to maximize the size of formal economy. On 21st June 2017, in order …

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China’s Fight Against CORRUPTION

We have a lot to learn from “No place has been out of bounds and no grounds left unturned. No tolerance has been shown in the fight against corruption. We have taken firm action to take out tigers, swatted flies and hunted down foxes.”  — Xi Jinping  The President of People’s Republic China Since becoming China’s leader in 2012, Xi …

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In Conversation with Yasir Rizwan, 12th in Punjab, PMS 2016

I recommend the aspirants not to skip the GK and list of monthly events given in chronological order in JWT. Jahangir’s Wor ld Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background? Yasir Rizwan (YR): My early education has been from different Fazaia Colleges. I did BS (Hons.) in Botany from University of Sargodha with distinction (Gold …

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