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News from National & International Press National Jan 16: At least 10 people were killed in an explosion at a Tableeghi Markaz in Peshawar.

Since this time a year ago, we’ve seen a number of popular releases that have changed the dynamic of the tech world. All we have been using in 2013 seems out of date now. What have we got to look forward to during 2014? Here are the top 10 things to watch out for in the new year.

Perhaps, Islamic banks can teach its western counterparts some basic principles very much linked to common sense which could enhance their financial stability three years after the credit crisis.

When Harvard student Mark Zuck­erberg launched facebook.com in February 2004, even he could not have imagined the forces it would unleash. His intent was to con­nect college students. Facebook, which is what this website rapidly evolved into, ended up connecting the world.

A recent FPSC report revealed that most failing candidates commit grave grammar mistakes while writing the answers.

Man has always longed for peace: war per se has never been his cherished ideal. Yet wars have always been an undeniable fact of life. Notwithstanding the human desire for peace, at times wars do become indispensable.

It is believed that the Arab conquerors stepped in the land of present-day Pakistan through the province of Sindh in 92 AH, and established their first-ever state, under the marvellous leadership of Muhammad bin Qasim.

Ever since the emergence of Pakistan on the map of the world as an independent state, there has been an intense debate over the model of governance to be adopted in order to run the affairs of the country. Constitutions have been formulated with unanimous consensus by the parliaments, have been subject to fundamental amendments, and have been abrogated by …

Since assuming power last year, the PML-N has shown chronic political ambiguity and ambivalence regarding the issue whether to hold talks with Taliban or take firm military action against the outfit. The PTI also has vacillated on the TTP issue. Recently, PTI chief Imran Khan divulged that his party’s and the KP government’s inability to initiate dialogue with the TTP …

A controversy about the privatisation of Pakistan’s State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) has been brewing from the very onset of this (PML-N) government taking office. Regrettably, the uncertainty about the fate of our public sector organizations compounds with each passing day and ‘uncertainty’ as we know in the corporate world is any organization’s worst enemy.