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The instant piece is aimed at exploring the new frontier of the international law in the form of the Global Administrative Law (GAL) with a brief discussion on its concept, status and kinds. Later, a brief résumé of the use of the GAL in relation to global terrorism has been presented with analytical remarks. Introduction Charles Louis Montesquieu, in his …

Ideological Aspect & Possible Long-term Outcomes. There is no denying the fact that any innocent life lost is certainly a life too many, and coalition forces should undergo every effort possible to avoid civilian casualties. However, we should not forget that if anyone is guilty of murdering civilians, raping women and terrorizing children, it certainly would be ISIS, not the …

Only One Thing Will Make Israel Change Course. Both Israel and the Palestinian Authority finally accepted a cease-fire agreement after a 50-day Israeli assault on Gaza that left more than 2,100 Palestinians dead and vast landscapes of destruction behind. The agreement calls for an end to military action by Israel and Hamas as well as an easing of the Israeli …

Indeed, a nation, like an individual, is an organic entity that goes through different life-stages from birth and infancy to the identity crisis of adolescence, then budding into maturity and adulthood, and if not nourished and groomed properly through institutional strength with political, economic, social and moral steadiness, like a handicapped human body, first suffering inertia and purposelessness and then …

THE JOURNEY STARTS WITH A BANG!, THINGS FALL APART, DEMOCRACY: À LA AFGHANISTAN, HAPLESSLY YOURS, MY LORD!, NOBEL FOR THE NOBLE, A CRIPPLING DISHONOUR, SYMBOLIC YET SIGNIFICANT, ROUTED OR VINDICATED?, OUR NATIONAL SHAME, THE SOCIAL MEDIA REVOLUTION THE JOURNEY STARTS WITH A BANG! On Sep 22, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s initial public offering now ranks the world’s biggest in history …

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Today’s Most Pressing Need It is often said that CSS is a test of one’s intelligence, capabilities and talent as it helps brilliant minds in climbing up to the top rung of the success ladder. But, is it really so? This is the moot point, especially in the wake of CSS-2014 written part result, which has baffled numerous aspirants. The …

MCQs – National On ______, PTI Chairman Imran Khan ordered his supporters to launch a Civil Disobedience Movement against the government. August 16 B. August 17 August 18 D. August 19 The incumbent Director General of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) is ______. Saira Afzal B. Salman Iqbal Pervez Rashid D. Samina Pervez On Aug 18, India called off the upcoming …

National & International News & MCQs National Aug 16: “Inqilab” and “Azadi” marches settled down in Islamabad, flexing their muscles in more ways than one. Aug 16: A sessions judge ordered Lahore police to register a murder case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, several other PML-N leaders and some police officials over the June 17 …

In Pakistan, democracy zigzagged over time. It got overrun by the top brass and it bounced back only to be pushed aside by the establishment, time and again. It is a sad story of ambitious generals, inept politicians, docile judges, some weak-kneed civil servants, wayward youth, insufferable feudal lords, myopic clerics and an ineffectual civil society as well as international …