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Indeed, a nation, like an individual, is an organic entity that goes through different life-stages from birth and infancy to the identity crisis of adolescence, then budding into maturity and adulthood, and if not nourished and groomed properly through institutional strength with political, economic, social and moral steadiness, like a handicapped human body, first suffering inertia and purposelessness and then …

THE JOURNEY STARTS WITH A BANG!, THINGS FALL APART, DEMOCRACY: À LA AFGHANISTAN, HAPLESSLY YOURS, MY LORD!, NOBEL FOR THE NOBLE, A CRIPPLING DISHONOUR, SYMBOLIC YET SIGNIFICANT, ROUTED OR VINDICATED?, OUR NATIONAL SHAME, THE SOCIAL MEDIA REVOLUTION THE JOURNEY STARTS WITH A BANG! On Sep 22, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s initial public offering now ranks the world’s biggest in history …

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Today’s Most Pressing Need It is often said that CSS is a test of one’s intelligence, capabilities and talent as it helps brilliant minds in climbing up to the top rung of the success ladder. But, is it really so? This is the moot point, especially in the wake of CSS-2014 written part result, which has baffled numerous aspirants. The …

Back to Square One, Peace is Still Elusive, Spilling the Beans?, Nature’s Wrath or Sheer Ineptness?, Better Late Than Never!, A Wake-up Call, It’s A Big No!, Historic Yet Insignificant, Imposed Reconciliation, A Never-ending War, Back to Square One! On Aug 18, New Delhi called off the Aug 25 meeting of foreign secretaries of the two countries because of Pakistani …

For feedback and suggestions, please write to us at: editor@jworldtimes.com; adeelniaz78@gmail.com ROLE OF TEACHERS’ UNIONS IN SINDH The unions in education sector were founded to facilitate the teachers. These were to provide them with a platform to raise their voice before the higher echelons to get their grievances addressed. Lamentably, these unions have become a “Mafia” of certain scoundrels and …

Democracy in Pakistan | Always on the Tenterhooks   It is often said that democracy is the best form of government that is functional in most countries of the world today. It is hard to negate that the countries where democracy put its roots down reached the zenith of development and good governance within no time. The exemplary development of …

Along with the first university, and even the toothbrush, it is among surprising Muslim inventions that have shaped the world we live in today. Let’s have a brief look at these outstanding contributions to the modern world: 1. Surgery Around the year 1,000, the celebrated doctor Al Zahrawi published a 1,500-page illustrated encyclopaedia of surgery that was used in Europe …

Severely ill patients require intensive supportive care. Patients are frequently dehydrated and require oral rehydration with solutions containing electrolytes or intravenous fluids. Introduction Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a disease caused by one of five different Ebola viruses. Four of the strains can cause severe illness in humans and animals. The fifth, Reston virus, has caused illness in some animals, but …

The admission and undertaking in the box above begins Pakistan’s National Youth Policy. No sane person could ever deny the importance of these words because it’s an irrefutable truth that, in a world where most people are in their dotage, young men and women of a nation are its prized asset. For Pakistan, the significance of youth is further enhanced …