August 2018

By: Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed The ideas of nation and nationalism upheld by the Indian National Congress and the All-India Muslim League were two different conceptions of nation and nationalism. Before explaining those, let us put their thesis in perspective. A nation, in a minimum sense, is a group of people who share some cultural affinity and claim a special relationship with …

In its origin, rationale, nature, course and leadership, the Pakistan Movement was truly democratic. During the last phase of the freedom struggle (1937-47), the leadership at the top and at the lower cadre was democratic and Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who overwhelmingly influenced the course of Indian Muslim politics, was a democrat to the core. He believed in democratic ideals, …

Précis Sample Paragraph As what geographers have estimated, about twenty percent of the earth’s surface is occupied by deserts. A majority of us view deserts as one unique kind of landscape – areas with little or no rainfalls. In actual fact, there are differences between the deserts, though in varying degrees. While it is common for laymen like us to …

Sample Introductory Paragraphs As I have already explained in my previous articles that an Introductory Paragraph can be started in a number of ways, using different forms of expressions and styles. These styles are categorized and named as Question format, Declarative format, Surprising Statement format, Anecdotal format, Quotation format, Humour format and Famous Person format. The basic purpose of all …

Topper PMS 2016 Interview (with a record 196 score) I found the methodology and the schedule of the Institute quite up to the mark. The faculty was qualified and the environment encouraging  Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): First of all, please tell us about your educational background? Fazail Mudassar (FM): I was educated at Army Public School, Okara Cantt., from kindergarten to …

Hold the speed, else it’s disastrous! Although there has been a remarkable progress in the realm of higher education in Pakistan with an increasing number of students enrolling for MPhil and PhD degrees, overall research culture in the country presents a dismal picture of the state of affairs. Research culture in our country is still far from being inspiring as …

By: Qurrat-Ul-Ain Rehman Time to make it delivery-oriented The strength of a state is linked to the success of its legislative, judicial and executive authorities. The function of the judiciary is to disseminate justice and ensure equality of all before law by implementing laws and rules and regulations in their true spirit. Since the inception of Pakistan, the country’s Political …

By: Asad Hussain Grey must not convert into black! Pakistan has been included in its grey list by the Financial Action Task Force for not stopping the ‘financing of terrorism’. Despite hectic diplomatic efforts to avoid the preordained fate, the decision was taken on June 28 at the plenary session of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in Paris, France, …

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) failed to achieve the tax revenue target for the fiscal year 2017-18. According to the data released by the FBR on 9 July 2018, the provisional ax collection stood at Rs. 3,751 billion, which is Rs. 184 billion less than the revised tax revenue target of Rs. 3,935 billion. The original tax revenue target …

By: Abdul Rasool Syed Where character does not matter “How do we know who to chose?” This was a question posed to a great Greek philosopher and a political sage Plato. He answered that rulers should be chosen according to their character – their honesty, reliability, probity, disinterestedness, sense of justice and moral uprightness. “The community suffers nothing very terrible …