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Up, close and intimate with Mr Richard Olson US Ambassador to Pakistan Profile Mr Richard Olson was sworn in as Ambassador to Pakistan on September 24, 2012. Previously, he served as the Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs at U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, from 2011 to 2012. Ambassador Olson also served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab …

Though violence has dipped since June 2012, Iraqis are still a sad and fearful bunch On the last day of 2012, a year after the last American troops left Iraq, ending nearly nine years of military occupation, at least 36 Iraqis perished in a wave of bombings and shootings across the country that targeted policemen, government officials and ordinary people …

The Pak-Afghan relations have been on a thorny road since Pakistan’s establishment in 1947. Pakistan and Afghanistan are now led by pragmatic leaders who focus on domestic economic growth and political stability. But it is unclear whether this harmony in national goals and principles can override the long-standing mutual suspicions and overcome a cacophony of contradictory domestic interests. Despite intensifying …

The Islamists are fast losing their popularity, but their opponents are still too weak and divided to vote them out of office In a new year’s message Muhammad Badia, the Supreme Guide of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, advised his followers to temper resilience with magnanimity. ‘Be like the tree which, when battered by stones, drops its finest fruit,’ he said. His …

The situation in many debt-ridden countries worsened with a major political upheaval and the resultant change in eight out of 17 countries hit by the crisis. The crisis led to power shifts in Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Slovenia, Slovakia, and the Netherlands. A number of countries in Europe face serious financial crisis that has made it impossible for them …

Notwithstanding the United Nations has not done well enough, the UN remains perhaps is the only available structure and a global mechanism to save humanity from disaster and anarchy   Introduction: The founding of United Nations (UN) represents mankind’s latest and partially successful attempt to ascertain some mechanism for world peace. Having taken birth from the rubble of Second World …

You can score high marks in this paper provided that you attempt the paper with a strategy. There is the need to seriously revisit the method of attempting question paper. Composition paper has two parts. First part consists of first three Questions i.e. Precis, Comprehension and Expansion and Second, Grammar and vocabulary including idioms and pair of words. The actual …

The paper of Islamiat compulsory may be termed as a mix of Islamic studies and current affairs. Therefore, the candidates are required to have good command over the topics of Islamiat prescribed in syllabus as well as current affairs. For this purpose it is imperative to remain in touch with newspapers and magazines, especially with religious issues which are in …

The heads of state and government of D-8 countries reaffirmed their commitment to peace, democracy, progress, dialogue, solidarity, tolerance and moderation as the core values and foundation for achieving economic prosperity and well-being of their peoples and called for fostering closer economic cooperation. According to the ‘Islamabad Declaration’ issued following the 8th summit of the Developing Eight (D-8) countries, the …

January 1, 1801 – Ireland was added to Great Britain by an Act of Union thus creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.  January 1, 1863 – The Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in the states rebelling against the Union. January 1, 1877 – Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India. January 1, 1959 …