WHAT IS THE WONDERS OF PSYCHOLOGY

Among the modern sciences all have revealed such wonders of Nature compared with which the wildest fairy-tales look to be sober statements. For example, the science of biology opens before us a world of struggling, evolving, changing animal species which altogether revolutionises our entire outlook on life and man. Geology has given us a view … Read more

VALUES OF TEACHING ENGLISH IN PAKISTAN

We live in two universes, a universe of communication and a universe of things, with which science deals. We are always talking or constantly listening. When no one is around us, we talk to ourselves. Words are the means by which our civilisation is developed and passed on. Our language determines largely the character of … Read more

EDUCATION VOUCHERS IN PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE

An education voucher system exists when governments make payments to families that enable their children to enter public or private schools of their choice. The tax funded payments can be made directly to parents or indirectly to the selected schools; their purpose is to increase parental choice, to promote school competition, and to allow low … Read more

WHAT IS THE BANE OF ILLITERACY

According to United Nations Development Programmes UNDP’s Human Development Report of 1996, the adult literacy rate in Pakistan is a nearly 36.4 percent and the gross enrollment ration at all levels in 37 percent (which indicates that the literacy rate is not growing at a reasonable rate). Having this gloomy picture in view, how can … Read more

WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE AND STUDY

Knowledge is a true justified belief that is acquired by a method of context and reliability. A subjects belief counts as knowledge when they have good reason to have that belief. Trusting one’s sensory experience is a reliable method for acquiring beliefs in most context. If one trust one’s sensory experience, one will acquire beliefs … Read more

U.S. DEFENCE POLICY

The U.S. will continue to threaten retaliation, including nuclear retaliation to deter aggression against it, and its allies, according to the report. The Pentagon is making it clear that it reserves the right to use the nuclear threat even in the event of conventional attack against its forces, it is pouring cold water over international … Read more

U.S. IRAN CONTROVERSY

So far, the U.S. trade embargo against Iran had been partial, in the sense that the U.S. companies were prevented from marketing Iranian oil directly in the U.S. markets. They were, however, allowed to resell Iranian oil in the world market. In fact, last year, this amounted to buying almost 20 percent Iranian crude oil … Read more