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Perhaps, Islamic banks can teach its western counterparts some basic principles very much linked to common sense which could enhance their financial stability three years after the credit crisis.

News from National & International Press National Dec 16: The National Assembly passed a resolution voicing concerns over the hanging of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah for aiding the Pakistan Army in the 1971 war. Dec 16: Islamabad High Court suspended the sacking of Chaudhry Rashid Ahmed, Chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority. Dec 17: Samina Baig …

The fact that not ignorance but ignorance of ignorance is true ignorance encompasses the justification of existence of behaviours which are antagonist to all facets of society and state.

National & International News & MCQs National Nov 16: Defender, a short film about the Pak Army that features various sections of the military, won the best documentary award in its category at Rome Film Festival 2014. Nov 17: Pakistan successfully revalidated the design and technical parameters of Shaheen-1A (Hatf-IV), a nuclear-capable intermediate range ballistic missile. Nov 17: The United …

National & International News & MCQs

1. The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has kept him hiding in the Ecuadorean Embassy in ______. A. London    B. Paris C. Stockholm    D. New York 2. On July 16, a Netherlands court ruled that the Dutch state was liable for the deaths of over 300 ______ Muslim men and boys in the Srebrenica massacre. A. Serbia    n    B. Azri C. …

“Jahangir World Times has been a constant source of knowledge for me. It brings CSS in a nutshell to our doorsteps.” Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): Kindly tell us about your educational background and achievements in detail? Batool Asadi (BA): I hail from Quetta. After acquiring elementary education, I started B-Pharmacy. But, I soon realized that it was not my cup …

Free media is a double-edged sword which has its benefits and vices; however, its advantages overweight the disadvantages.

The author’s own orchestration of the opening of relations with China gives an extra piquancy to his views on Iran: if the US can engage with one isolated regional superpower, why not another? No clash of civilisations or end of history – this argument for a balance of power is the summation of Kissinger’s thinking Western politicians who last year …

Mr Shamshad suggests that “if our civilian rulers had been steadfast in their own commitment to constitutional supremacy, rule of law, independence of judiciary, separation of powers, and institutional integrity, no military dictator would have had dared a breach of his own constitutional oath”. “Pakistan and World Affairs” is a book penned by Mr Shamshad Ahmad, a renowned civil servant …