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International Widows Day

International Widows Day

“With degrading, harsh treatment, everyone seems bent on killing a widow insomuch that the tormenting thoughts come to her mind as if she herself had killed her husband.” These were the feelings of ‘S’, a highly qualified woman currently serving on an important post in a government department. She is a widow with a 10-year-old daughter. She says, “A widow, …

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Letters to the Editor (June 2017)

Letter to the editor

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 …

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Machiavelli to Modern Leaders, How to be – and stay – powerful

Machiavelli to Modern Leaders

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” …

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United Nations Peacekeeping Forces Blessed are the peacemakers

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“The heroes of the world community are not those who withdraw when difficulties ensue, not those who can envision neither the prospects of success nor the consequences of failure – but those who stand the heat of battle, the fight for world peace through the United Nations.” — (Hurbert Humphrey) Conflicts are as old as humans themselves. Starting from Cane …

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FINAL RESULT OF COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION (CSS), 2016

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Subject: –         FINAL    RESULT    OF    COMPETITIVE   EXAMINATION    (CSS),   2016   FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. No.F.2/4/2017-CE. The roll numbers and names of 199 candidates who have finally qualified the CSS Competitive Examination 2016, are given below in order of merit. Out of them 193 have been recommended by the FPSC for appointment to posts in BS-17 under …

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Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2016, 10 KEY FACTS

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World military expenditure was $1686 billion in 2016, an increase of 0.4 percent in real terms. Total military spending accounted for 2.2 percent of the global GDP in 2016 The five biggest spenders in 2016 were the USA, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and India Military expenditure increased in Asia and Oceania, Europe (Central, Eastern and Western) and North America The …

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