The Supreme Court (SC) had given notice to former President Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf to explain his position in the “Judges Case” on July 29, 2009. Musharraf decided not to comply with the SC notice on the evasive legal technical grounds that it was not served on him. I have known Pervez Musharraf for over…
In a country affected by low intensity conflicts, economic mismanagement and political corruption at all levels, constituting a foreign policy which can protect its security interests is really a cumbersome job but even then there are some red lines which nations draw and are not meant to be crossed at any cost. These red lines…
Historians must give credit to India that over the past 62 years, it has always been the first South Asian state to introduce new lethal weapon systems into the region. The Pokhran nuclear test in May 1974, ironically called ‘The Smiling Buddha’, or 24 years later, the unprovoked ‘Pokhran-II’ May 1998 nuclear tests testify to…
Recent Elections and the Result “Most remarkably, Rafsanjani’s son told a visiting American reporter before the June 2005 presidential election that, if elected, his father would change Iran’s Constitution to reduce Khamenei’s power by making the position of the Supreme Leader a ceremonial role akin to the King of England” (Karim Sadjadpour -‘Reading Khamenei: The…
“The aim of the education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think-rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men”, Bill Beattie. The history of education according to Diefer Lenzen – the president of…
Appraisal System in Pakistan The scarlet thread of any successful management system in any organization hinges around the system of performance appraisal adopted in that organization. Performance appraisal is the systematic evaluation of individuals with respect to their performance on the job and their potential development.1 Hence it can be defined as a process by…
The Scope of Community Radio in Pakistan AbstractThe potential of Radio as a tool of social development is being utilized through out the globe, be it the developing or the developed world. It has a long history of penetration at grassroots through community radio in the western world. In Asia, though community radio is comparatively…
AbstractOver the years, tourism has become a painless procedure for transfer of real resources from capital surplus countries to low-income countries and vice-versa. It has become a major employer, taxpayer, serving as an important means to increase economic growth, raise the quality of life, generate employment opportunities, and improve the overall balance of payments. A…
GeneralAs per the New Encyclopedia Britannica, the term Racialism or Racism is an idea or a thinking which explain a causal link between “inherited physical traits of personality, intellect or culture and combined with it, the notion that some races are inherently superior to others”1. White, Black and Asian are considered to be the three…
A Strategy of “Deliberate Ambiguity” AbstractIsrael’s nuclear capability is one of the most potentially critical and discussed variable on the world scene today. Israel does not have an overt nuclear doctrine beyond its insistence that it will not introduce nuclear weapons into the region. Instead, it follows the policy of what Avner Cohen calls “nuclear…
