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World Health Day – 7 April 2013

In 1948, the World Health Organization held the First World Health Assembly. The Assembly decided to celebrate 7 April of each year, with effect from 1950, as the World Health Day. The theme for 2013 is high blood pressure. World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of World Health Organization in 1948. …

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Study in England

Britain has long attracted and welcomed high caliber students from all corners of the world. In the recent UK Visa Policy, Tier 4 is the points-based system that mainly deals with the students. Can You Apply? As a Tier 4 (General) student, you must have 40 points in the points-assessment. You can score: 30 points for having a valid confirmation …

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The Appalling Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh

“The incident in Jallian Wala Bagh was ‘an extraordinary event, a monstrous event, an event which stands in singular and sinister isolation” Winston Churchill On April 13, 1919, Brigadier-General Reginald E.H. Dyer opened fire on an unarmed gathering in Jallianwala Bagh. Official sources place the casualties at 379, private sources say that the number was over 1000 and Civil Surgeon …

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Evolution or Revolution; What Pakistan Needs?

Long marches have failed to unfold the untold and unseen in Pakistan. Things are same; poor governance, illiteracy, health issues, inflated prices, deteriorated law and order, human trafficking, rampant unemployment and acute energy crisis are still haunting the nation.   Prologue The honeyed words do not bring out substantial changes; there is Herculean effort behind everything existing and surviving at …

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Pakistan Votes 2013

For the very first time in its history, Pakistan is on the verge of transition as PPPP-led government has completed its full 5-year term and soon the elections will be held to choose their successors. Keeping in view the full-throttle electioneering, parties’ luring manifestos and youth’s role in bringing about the much-trumpeted ‘CHANGE’, Jahangir’s World Times is going to publish …

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Can PTI Win the Elections – 2013

In Pakistan’s political history, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is the only political party that has gone through dramatic ups and downs in terms of popularity. Some recent polls suggest that its popularity is at all-time low since the massive political gathering of 30th October. After Imran Khan’s phenomenal success in attracting the masses, a ‘tsunami’ of scathing criticism was directed at …

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THE ANTI-TERRORISM (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2013:

Nationalizing the International Law on Counter Terrorism Financing The debate that the recent wave of terrorism is a byproduct of international politics is not new in Pakistan; though many tend to disagree with this point of view. If the legislation of a country is any measure, the recent Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Act, 2013 (ATA) and Anti-Terrorism (second amendment) Bill 2013, passed …

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Media Power & Responsibility

In an unlettered society where one rarely comes across people genuinely into writing or reading and where books are sold not by content but by weight as a waste paper commodity and where bookstores are disappearing fast, getting converted into video shops or burger stands, the arrival of every single new book by a Pakistani author is freshening expression of …

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Waiting for the Chop

The economy has survived austerity thus far this year thanks to housing, but the sequester’ could change that. What is Sequester? Sequester is a procedure in United States law that limits the size of the federal budget. It involves setting a hard cap on the amount of government spending within broadly-defined categories; if Congress enacts annual appropriations legislation that exceeds …

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