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In the 21st century, “humanitarian” wars of aggression are commonplace. To safeguard the present and the future of humanity, all concerned global citizens must think of ways to avert the ultimate impending cataclysmic destruction of the mankind and the planet Earth. In all wars, mankind is the net victim of wickedness of a few warmongers. The news media plays a …

Thomas J. Christensen observes that post-1978 China has achieved economic progress that is unprecedented in world history and has registered equally dramatic advances in its economic and diplomatic ties abroad. It was perhaps inevitable that such a dramatic rise would elicit exaggerated analysis especially in the United States, to whose preeminence that phenomenon poses a singular challenge. Although the American …

Habemus consensus! That was the roaring message delivered by the representatives of the 195 countries on December 12 in Paris, following the two-week long COP21 summit that peaked with a dramatic last-minute upset that pushed the talks into overtime. More than 900 points of disagreement (or “brackets” in summit parlance) were smoothed over during the talks, yielding an agreement that …

On 24th November 2015, a Russian Su-24 plane came down near the Turkish-Syrian border. Turkey scrambled two F-16 fighter jets after a plane entered, as Turkey asserted, Turkish airspace, warning it to leave 10 times in five minutes before shooting it down. Russia disputed this assertion and said the jet never left Syrian airspace. The shooting down of the jet …

In 2011, President Barack Obama announced ‘Pivot to Asia,’ his new strategy for the Asia-Pacific region. It was also coined as ‘Act of Strategic Rebalancing’ which emphasizes that the US is going to stay in the Asia Pacific and it’s going to re-infuse new ideas into its security and economic presence in the region. The US appeared to contest the …

“Those who kill innocent people are doomed to eternal punishment (25:68-69);” “…whosoever slays an innocent person…it is as if he had slain humanity altogether.” (5:32). HOLY QURAN Terrorism continues to haunt the world with its brutal manifestations in some of the recent tragedies across the globe. The problem is that in the aftermath of 9/11, the detractors of Islam found …

For feedback and suggestions, please write to us at: editorjwtmag@gmail.com; editor@jworldtimes.com NEW CHIEF MINISTER BALOCHISTAN Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, who belongs to the PML-N, has recently taken over as the new Chief Minister of the Balochistan province. If we have a glance over his background, it dawns on that he is not a good choice for the coveted slot. My question …

The year 2015 will be remembered as a watershed time in the history of our country. This was the year that witnessed a number of successes in Pakistan, especially on the fronts of economy and war against terrorism. The collective efforts by civil-military leadership bore fruit and the country made huge gains. Successes in war against terrorism were so momentous …

National 1. On Oct 16, Pakistan and ______ signed a government-to-government deal for laying a $2.5 billion pipeline to carry imported LNG from Karachi to Lahore. (a) China        (b) Turkey (c) Japan        (d) Russia 2. On Oct 20, Pakistan ratified WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), becoming the ______ WTO member, first from South Asia. (a) 42nd        …