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Read More »The Panama Verdict, A Deathblow to Corruption? (Editorial May 2017)
“The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed.” — Honoré de Balzac Corruption has long been a festering sore on the body politic of Pakistan. Persistent low rankings on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index bear testimony to the fact …
Read More »National & International MCQs (February-March 2017)
National MCQs 1. On Feb 16, ______ introduced “The Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction”. (a) Pan Macmillan (b) Barnes & Noble (c) Bloomsbury (d) Barron’s 2. On Feb 17, Pakistan was ranked ______ out of 186 economies on the Index of Economic Freedom 2017. (a) 141st (b) 147th (c) 15st (d) 171st 3. The National Green Day was …
Read More »World in Focus (February – March 2017)
NATIONAL Feb 16: One of the world’s biggest booksellers, Barnes & Noble, introduced “The Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction” to honour Nobel Prize winner Dr Abdus Salam of Pakistan. The Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction The Salam Award seeks to encourage aspiring speculative fiction writers of Pakistani origin. The annual short fiction award will be judged by a rotating jury …
Read More »Horoscope (April 2017)
Movie Review, La La Land
Fourteen Oscar nominations for “La La Land” equalled the record and put this love story with dancing at the peak of the movie world. In any case, “La La Land” has achieved, by any measure, a spectacular success. In fact, “La La Land” won six Oscars: Production Design, Cinematography, Original Score, Original Song, Best Director (Damien Chazelle) and Best Actress …
Read More »World Health Day 2017, DEPRESSION, Let’s talk and beat this silent killer
Do you often feel very tired, pessimist and hopeless? Have you lost interest in activities and interests you previously enjoyed? Do feelings of guilt and compunction keep you occupied? Are you insomniac? Do you often suffer from digestive disorders? Are you losing weight? Do you get exhausted and fatigued? Do you feel remorse and contrition? Do relationships not attract you …
Read More »A glance at the Two Nation Theory
“India is not a national state. India is not a state, but a subcontinent composed of nationalities, the two major nations being Hindus and Muslims whose culture, art, architecture, names and nomenclature, sense of value and proportion, laws and jurisprudence, social, moral codes, customs and calendar, history and traditions, aptitudes and ambitions, outlook on life and of life are fundamentally …
Read More »Emergence of A Multipolar World? “There is nothing permanent except change.” – Heraclitus
By: Jawad Hussain Malik Nothing is permanent and constant in this universe except change which, undoubtedly, is inevitable and unstoppable. Same holds true for the modern geopolitical world as it is unremittingly changing. And, a big change is in the offing now. Not so long ago, the United States of America (USA) was the sole kingmaker in the world and …
Read More »Caught in Perpetual Fighting
There are many reasons to believe that the people of Pakistan are undergoing their most wonderful age. They are convinced and they are confused, both at the same time. They can think of their country as heading toward ‘secure’ state – sort of – where peace prevails, where the monstrous scale of terrorism ultimately goes down and where we all …
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