What a difference a week and the intervention of mother nature can make! Even after the second and third debates, both of which he dominated, the third quite convincingly, Obama was still unable to stem the “Romney-surge” that developed menacingly against him in early Oct after he had seemed to sleepwalk through the First US…
Despite regional socio-economic depressing conditions and continued political unrest, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has emerged star performer. Its society is dynamic and its system is articulated. It is on the way of socio-economic prosperity. All the major indicators of its macro-economy are positive and all in all national economy is stable and sustainable. Zero-Deficit…
IntroductionThree decades after introduction of the religious militancy by USA to defeat USSR in Afghanistan and later US invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan after 9/11 many armed groups have resurfaced in Afghanistan to resist US-led NATO occupation. As a fallout some groups have rebelled against the state of Pakistan on the pretext of establishing Shari’ah…
IntroductionThe battle of the Trenches or AHZAB was a decisive battle of Islamic history. It was fought during the month of ZAKAT 5 HIJRA (February 623) between a formidable force of idolaters (10000 well armed) and an ill armed Muslim force of about 3000. The idolaters of MECCA with underhand intrigues had also established contact…
IntroductionExperience has no substitute. My active service experience is replete with many memorable events. History of 70 years (I am 90 years old) remains vivid in my thoughts, as fresh as a daisy, and some I can narrate some events as if the whole episode is happening before my eyes now. I am mentioning below…
Authors are students of M.Phil (Research) in Institute of Communication Studies at University of Punjab, Lahore. They highlight the importance of culture in human resource management discipline and practice Abstract Culture and human beings are interconnected and interdependent actors in the amphitheater of globalization. Both have become strategic assets in the hands of international human…
Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide BombingsA suicide bomber blew himself up outside Jandol Police Station in Lower Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after officers opened fire on him on September 5, reports Daily Times, adding that there were no other casualties. “A man was coming towards the police station, when police shouted to stop him…
The revulsion to the anti-muslim film called ‘Innocence of Muslims’ generated widescale protests throughout the Middle East, Africa and Asia. The film being made in the US it sparked furious protests outside US diplomatic enclaves and other American symbols in many countries where one has to contend with anti-US feeling barely below the surface even…
Sardar Akhtar Mengal believes his six point formula submitted before the Supreme Court (SC) will bring about resolution of major issues in the province. However equating his charter with Sheikh Mujeebur Rahman’s six-points is deliberately stated for shock effect, it is very misleading. Mujeeb’s six points all but demanded independence from Pakistan, and eventually did…
According to the latest report of the UAE central bank (September, 2012) the real GDP growth is forecast to increase from 3.3 per cent in 2011 to 3.5 per cent in 2012 and to 6.4 per cent in 2016. Moreover, the non-oil GDP has shown very impressive recovery from an estimated one per cent in…
