Reflections At 70
- KIPS CSS Admin
- Aug, 2016
- 97
- Editorial
Sixty nine years after independence, Pakistan is a
nuclear state, the only Muslim country to have the potential. It’s powerful and
professionally battle hardened military is fully capable of defending land, air
and sea frontiers. Pakistan appears in several global and regional
organisations including International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),
International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and as recently as ...
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Letters To The Editor
- KIPS CSS Admin
- Aug, 2016
- 114
- Letters To The Editor
Dear Editor While discussing the budget, we need to
look at the limitations of our veteran Finance MinisterPakistan is enmeshed in
debt over head and ears. Every yearthe country has to pay a heavy amount in
foreign currency to the donors. Regrettably the amount of loans, in-spite of
debt servicing, is rapidly increasing instead of reducing. In fact, the major
reason for increasing the debt burden every ...
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Taxation In Pakistan
- Dr. Shahid Khan
- Aug, 2016
- 372
- National
It is highly irrational to fix the blame only at
FBR. In fact, the lack of political will to collect taxes and the absence of
taxation culture in Pakistan is equally responsible for low tax to GDP ratio The
traditional concept of sovereignty is being replaced by responsible sovereign
whereby the rulers must have the authority and the will to collect the taxes
from the people. These, ta...
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The Vicious Cycle
- Hassan Nisar
- Aug, 2016
- 110
- Column
Commercialism, in its worst form, has taken over
our lives and values. Pre-paid laughter, post-paid love, easy-loaded smiles,
hallow talks, shallow jokes, discomfited appearances, unfamiliar dances and
show-off on every step invite me to think about the people living below the
poverty line 22 years ago, I found some topics quite
'orphan'. Most of the columnists did not like to touch th...
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Border Management: Monitoring the Pak-Afghan Border
Good relations with neighbors result in efficient
border management whereas enmity and rivalries leads to the insecurity and
inefficient border management With the increase in
globalization and drastic development in trade activities in post-cold war era,
international borders which were once a symbol of sovereignty have started becoming
porous. The flow of goods, services and people a...
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Brexit, Camerexit and Frangexit
- Dr Saad S. Khan
- Aug, 2016
- 234
- International
From the perspective of the United Kingdom itself,
the outcome has for the first time in past five centuries—since the War of
Roses—posed serious existential threat to its territorial integrity as a single
entity Human world is unpredictable, and within it, politics
is a strange phenomenon indeed. If one needed a proof, the British referendum
on leaving the European Union has more than...
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Chilcot Report: An Assessment
- Hassan Khan
- Aug, 2016
- 79
- International
International newspapers such as “The Independent”
and “The Guardian” are already of the view that Blair should be tried under war
crimes for his role in the destruction of Iraq July 2016 has
truly been an eventful month. Whether it was acts of terrorism committed in
various cities around the world, the failed coup attempt in Turkey or the
deterioration of the crisis in Indian-Occupied...
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Nuclear Suppliers Group
- Javaria Khalid
- Aug, 2016
- 116
- Regional
As far as China and Pakistan are concerned, both
states have expressed dissatisfaction to India becoming a member of the Nuclear
Suppliers Group (NSG) The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
meeting in Seoul last month ended with no decision on India's application to
join the group as a full member. China took a public stand against a
nonsignatory country to the Nuclear Non- Proliferation T...
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Pakistan From Dream To Hope
- Muhammad Azam Khan
- Aug, 2016
- 166
- National
Pakistan- a model ideologically driven experiment
for the Muslims of Colonial India- emerged on 14th August 1947. It was a
country deriving its bonding mechanism from a faith based ideology which was
unique at the time of Independence. The Muslims of India had shown their
political awareness in supporting this idea despite heavy odds. There was love
for even Pakistan before there was a land of Pakistan ...
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Interview With Justice (retd) Nasira Javed Iqbal
- Sara Wazir
- Aug, 2016
- 1629
- Interview
GAMagazine: PAKISTAN HAS COME ALONGWAY SINCE ITS
INCEPTION; HOWEVER, WOMEN ARE NOT FREE TO PLAY THEIR ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
PAKISTAN, WHAT ARE THE REASONS? Justice Nasira Iqbal: There
was no such thing like the role of women to play 68-years ago since the Muslims
were already marginalized part of the society during the colonial rule. The
society was under the influence of the Hind...
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Kashmir: A Heaven on Fire
- KIPS CSS Admin
- Aug, 2016
- 90
- Regional
The provocation began immediately after his demise,
rapidly spreading widely in the region. The districts around the Srinagar
became volatile and clashes took place between the protesters and the
paramilitary forces 8th July was a tragic day for the
Kashmiris in Indian held Kashmir. The Indian forces killed Burhan Wani, the
chief of operations of Hizbul Mujahideen, Kashmir’s largest fr...
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An Uneasy Alliance
- KIPS CSS Admin
- Aug, 2016
- 62
- National
By all indications, the next US Administration
might not be as indulgent or as understanding as the current one is. Sooner
rather than later, the onus to convince an increasingly skeptical American
leadership about its sincerity and commitment to peace would fall on Pakistan
rather than the other way round Since Pakistan’s emergence on
the world map, Pak-US ties have been characterised...
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Pride of Balochistan Shaheed Abdul Mansoor Khan
- Dr Saad S. Khan
- Aug, 2016
- 335
- Obituary
Ausual hot day of mid-June; and the usual rut of
routine office work. In fact, there was nothing unusual until I received a
panic call from my wife, Sara, about a big terrorist attack in Quetta,
Balochistan. She had just watched live scenes from the aftermath of a terrorist
attack on Bahadur Khan Women University. In those days, even news of terrorist
attacks was no unusual either. But this one that had...
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Diplomacy and Regional Politics
- Ayaz Ahmad
- Aug, 2016
- 71
- Regional
Pakistan took a prudent foreign policy decision by
flatly refusing to join the Saudi-led coalition against Iranian-backed Houthi
rebels in war-torn Yemen in April 2015 Diplomacy is an adroit
art employed to manage relations with other countries for the attainment of
core national interests. In this dexterous art, Indian Prime Minister Narendra
Modi has nimbly played his diplomatic card...
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Because The Doctor Said So
- Sarwar Sukhera
- Aug, 2016
- 135
- Column
I am going to take up walking because "angels
whisper to you when you walk." I want to write since I am retired and have
nothing productive to do and need angels help there badly for inspiration and
interesting ideas Visit to a doctor’s clinic is never a fun
experience. We prefer to try out various herbal concoctions prescribed by our
all-knowing friends until a minor ailment, like nag...
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Interview with Mehreen Baloch
- KIPS CSS Admin
- Aug, 2016
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- CSS
GLOBAL AGE: GLOBAL AGE CONGRATULATES YOU ON YOUR
SUCCESS IN CSS EXAMINATION 2015. BEFORE SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE TELL US
ABOUT YOUR ACADEMIC BACKGROUND? MEHREEN BALOCH: I got my
early school education from District Public School and Inter College Khushab,
and did matriculation from Siddeeq Public School Rawalpindi. Later I got
admission in Islamabad Model College for Girls F-7/...
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Abdul Sattar Edhi A Man Larger Than Life
- Sara Sarwar
- Aug, 2016
- 265
- Tribute
Kindness is as fire, shared from between spirits.
Kindness is as water, finding a way, seen through, to extinguish dismay.
Kindness is as wind, that guides the largest sail, invincible to day and night,
larger than the largest whale. Who Abdul Sattar Edhi was? A living legend? A
great humanitarian? Most beloved man of Pakistan? These words
don’t suffice who he was. Edhi was an institut...
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Health and Fitness Tips
- KIPS CSS Admin
- Aug, 2016
- 58
- Health
CURB YOUR SWEET TOOTH Got a late-night sugar
craving that you just won’t quit? To satisfy your sweet tooth without pushing
yourself over the calorie edge, even in the late night hours, think fruit
first, so resist that chocolate cake siren, and instead enjoy a sliced apple
with a tablespoon of nut butter (like peanut or almond) or fresh fig halves
spread with ricotta. Then sleep sweet, knowing you’re st...
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