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For feedback and suggestions, please write to us at: editor@jworldtimes.com adeelniaz78@gmail.com Screening Test: A Step in the Right Direction Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) has introduced the screening test to be conducetd for CSS 2015. It will prove to be a beneficial initiative. By this step, the talented and rightly deserving candidates will get forward to the CE-2015 written part. …

A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser. William Shakespeare Almost seven decades have lapsed since the creation of Pakistan and India as two sovereign states, yet their bilateral relations till today had been topsy-turvy; marked with all sorts of ups and downs, highs and lows. A long, …

The wave of Arab spring, though, has halted, yet its effects are still omnipresent. Agitation of Thai people against their government shows the nexus with this wave that is sweeping the governments away. Being myself a victim of similar circumstances, I was compelled to think that how we escaped this wave. We, the Pakistanis, are in effect inarticulate, and fight …

For Pakistan, Central Asia assumes great significance for many reasons. Pakistan’s geographical location vis-à-vis Central Asia’s landlocked nature and its geo-political and geo-economic importance naturally induce it to reach out to the region. Political and Security compulsions as well as energy, trade, transit and commercial gains mainly determine our policy towards Central Asia. Pakistan always sustained hope to become a …

Myth 1: The allocation for defence is the single largest component in our budget. Not true.  The single largest allocation in Budget 2013-14 went to the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP). The second largest allocation in Budget 2013-14 went to servicing the national debt. The third largest government expenditure, including off the budget allocations, are the losses at public-sector enterprises …

The Government of Pakistan is on a borrowing spree these days and the country seems to be a favourite borrower among the multilateral financial institutions too. The most recent package came from the World Bank Group which approved an assistance programme of one billion dollars on 2nd May, 2014 to support Pakistan’s economic reforms. The package consists of two Development …

General Raheel Sharif has, no doubt, endeared himself to countless people in Pakistan, India, Kashmir, Diaspora and at the international level who subscribe to the jurisprudence of UN mechanism (UN Resolutions) on Kashmir.  The character of political and military leadership in Pakistan sets trends in the manner of interest of the Islamic Republic and common man and woman in the …

The relationship between politics and economy still remains a favourite subject of economists. Pakistan’s history reveals a strong correlation between the two. Although with the changing pattern of politics and governments, the relationship never remained on the same pace. It’s a known fact that political instability deeply causes the uneven economic growth. The causes and impact of the interplay of …

Pakistan continues to be afflicted by the worst power outages which have crippled the national economy. According to the Economic Survey of Pakistan, energy crisis is causing a 2-3% loss to GDP. Here darkness, literally, holds sway over the land. But, the crisis did not spark off all at once; the situation was in the making for a long time, …

Pakistan has earned quite a few unenviable distinctions. It now ranks high among the most corrupt countries, is a place where human rights are least protected and the media finds its freedom slipping from its hands. That it is also one of the three ‘the other two being Cameroon and war-torn Syria’ who ‘export’ poliovirus to other countries through their …