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In a match in which it entered as the decided underdog against the tournament favourites, in a tournament it entered as the lowest ranked team that had struggled to secure qualification for it, the Pakistan cricket team has done the unthinkable and lifted the International Cricket Council’s Champions’ trophy – that too against its arch rival India. It was against …

Having a college degree is almost universally accepted as one of the basic requirements for landing a good job and generally, being successful in life. But that’s not always the case, especially in the technology industry where there have been many visionaries who created something new and different that took the world by storm. Here are 9 such leaders of …

For feedback and suggestions, please write to us at: editorjwtmag@gmail.com; editor@jworldtimes.com Politics of Sindh Sindh seems experiencing a political vacuum. Political leadership in Sindh, led by PPP, has miserably failed to deliver. Rampant corruption, stalled agricultural progress and declined delivery of modern education vividly reflect political failure of Zardari’s government in the province. KP and Punjab are the centres of …

I am not sure who Kulbhushan Jadhav is, or how he came to be in Pakistan, but my curiosity has been aroused and I’ve tried to read as widely as I can to find the answers. Alas, all I’ve ended up with is questions. The more I learn, the more they multiply. First, why does Jadhav have two passports, one …

As we embark on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it’s clear that technology will play a central role in nearly all aspects of our lives. A World Economic Forum research estimates that 65% of children entering primary school will find themselves in occupations that today do not exist and that by 2020, there will be 1.5 million new digitised jobs across …

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It was the 14th of May. The venue was the Windsor Park Stadium in Roseau, Dominica. Countless Pakistanis, in the nook and cranny of the country, were glued to the TV screens. They were waiting for the historic moment when Pakistan would be recording their first Test series win touring the West Indies. With Yasir Shah’s great delivery on the …

For feedback and suggestions, please write to us at: editorjwtmag@gmail.com; editor@jworldtimes.com TIPS TO LEARN VOCABULARY Mountainous concentration of wealth, without the effective system of checks and balances, has led the entire society to chaos and mayhem. The burgeoning number of impoverished Pakistanis is the distinct outcome of an inequitable distribution of wealth. Meanwhile, affluent class in Pakistan has shielded itself …

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, often known as the founder of modern political science, was an Italian Renaissance historian, politician and philosopher. He was a senior official in charge of diplomatic and military affairs, and Secretary to the Second Chancery in the Florentine Republic. He also wrote comedies, carnival songs and poetry. He is best remembered for his “Il Principe” …