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Polio which was once included among the world’s most dreaded diseases, has been virtually wiped out through successful vaccination programmes from most parts of the world, but the fight against it still goes on in countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. Only last year, the highest number of polio cases in the world were reported from Pakistan and in the …

How the 20th amendment in the constitution of Pakistan can be proved beneficial for the stability and continuity of democracy It is a great achievement by the parliament to get passed its proposed amendment in article 224 and introduce article 224-A in the constitution. It will be a step towards transparency in the selection of the care taker prime minister …

Some Important Facts About Ageing and Health in Pakistan During the last 60 years, there has been 23.4 % increase in the average duration of life in the country. 2.07 % of the world’s senior citizens live in Pakistan. 6.4 % of Pakistan’s population is 60 years old and above. Senior citizens will make up 15.8 % of the country’s …

Lutfullah Khan was such a multi-dimensional, rare, wonderful and valuable person that one really finds it hard to find appropriate words for describing his amazing personality. I had my first meeting with him almost thirty-five years ago, through the courtesy of the late Mushfiq Khuaja, who told me that Lutfullah Khan was an extremely nice and decent fellow, who was …

Clinton’s remarks were in response to Congressman Rep Lewis asking the US secretary of state why the budget request for the State Department included a $1 billion request to help Pakistan address its energy problems. Secretary Clinton said the Turkmenistan pipeline was a better alternative, predictable and will avoid business with Iran. She added that embarking on the construction of …

Interview with Tajik Ambassador HE Zubaydullo N. Zubaydov Jahangir’s World Times: How do you comment on the bilateral relations between Pakistan and Tajikistan? HE Zubaydov N. Zubaydov: We are enjoying cordial relations with Pakistan. Our relationship is good and growing further. But this is not satisfactory for us because it is not as good as the political relations between the …

March’s birthstones are aquamarine and bloodstone. These stones mean courage. Its birth flower is the Daffodil. According to the Georgian calendar, March is the third month of the year. According to the early Roman calendar, it was the first month and was called Martius. The ancient Romans later made January 1 the beginning of the year, and March became the …

Mela Chiraghan is Lahore-specific. It takes place at the shrine of Shah Hussain in Baghbanpura, on the outskirts of Lahore, adjacent to the Shalimar Gardens. The festival used to take place in the Shalimar Gardens also, until President Ayub Khan ordered against it in 1958. It is celebrated in Lahore in the last week of March. It is a three-day …

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon”. His surviving works, including a few collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems (Epics), and several other poems. His plays …

Introduction: Arab Muslim sociologist A historian’ wrote the history of Berber tribes. Author of Muqaddima Laid the foundation of new science Ilm-ul-Imran (Sociology) Ibn Khaldoon, full name Abu Zayd Abdur Rahman bin Muhammad bin Khaldoon, May 27, 1332 AD/732 AH – March 19, 1406 AD/808 AH) was an Arab Tunisian historiographer and historian who is often viewed as one of …