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United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Kashmir (By: Dr.Zeeshan Khan)

Sun Tzu in his book ‘The Art of War’ says that the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Recently, the painful story of Kashmir again started after revocation Of Article 370 and 35A Of Indian Constitution which was also the part of the manifesto of Indian Ruling BJP. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan addressed joint session of his parliament and later parliament of Azad Kashmir to warn Indian Prime Minister Narender Modi against implementation of Hitler’s Nazi Mentality in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. In IOJ&K, more than twelve days of curfew, presence of extra troops in an already heavily militarised occupied territory. Additionally, sending in of RSS goons, complete communication blackout; with the example of Modi’s earlier ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Gujarat. Will world silently witness another Srebrenica-type massacre and ethnic cleansing of Muslims in IOJ&K? Pakistan wanted to warn that it will have severe repercussions and reactions in all over the world setting off radicalisation and cycles of violence.

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The Conflict Locator | Download Complete in PDF FREE (for Current Affairs, International Relations)

The Conflict Locator | Download Complete in PDF FREE (for Current Affairs, International Relations)

Words are bound and knowledge is limited to praise Almighty Allah, the lord of the Universe, the Beneficent, Merciful and the Gracious. Who is the entire source of all knowledge and wisdom endowed to humanity and who presented us in a Muslim community, whose blessing are the cherish fruits of my thoughts and modest effort in the form of this manuscript. The blessings of Allah give to us the ability to contribute a drop of material to the existing ocean of scientific knowledge.

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Agriculture of Pakistan | CSS Pakistan Affairs Notes

Agriculture of Pakistan
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Major Crop Seasons:

Pakistan has two crop seasons, “Kharif” being the first sowing season starting from April-June and harvested during October-December.

Rice, sugarcane, cotton, maize, moong, mash, bajra and jowar are Kharif crops.

Rabi, the second sowing season1, begins as on October-December and is harvested in April-May.

Wheat, gram, lentil (masoor), tobacco, rapeseed, barley and mustard are “Rabi” crops.

Pakistan’s agricultural output is closely linked with the supply of irrigation water.

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Influence of Resources on Economic and Social Development

Economic and social development of a country mainly based on the natural resources. Influence and importance of resources are discussed below:

Influence of Resources on Economic Development

1. More Production:

Natural resources are helpful to increase in level of productivity by applying modern techniques of production. If a country is rich in resources it means there are more possibilities to enhance the production.

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Kashmir and Indian identity (By: Abrahim Shah, 3rd in CSS 2018)

The Modi-led BJP government’s decision to alter Kashmir’s status is merely the culmination of India’s drive towards fascism and the embracing of a national image highly exclusive in nature. This exclusion is not limited to the BJP’s tenure, but is in fact a product of India’s struggles with its own identity and response to colonialism. The Kashmir crisis must, therefore, be seen in a larger historical and political context which places Indian nationalism at the very heart of this crisis.

Kashmir was always the cornerstone of India’s nationalist discourse. India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, viewed Kashmir’s inclusion in India as validation of his secular project. Modi, in turn, imagines Kashmir as his ultimate triumph, the acme of his ambition to impose Hindutva on India. Both these movements are predicated on and have been successful because of the extreme levels of violence the Indian state unleashed against the Kashmiri people.

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Complete Recipients List of Pakistan Civil Awards 2020-2021 (Pakistan and Foreign Nationals)

President Arif Alvi has allowed grant of civil awards to 116 citizens of Pakistan and foreign nationals for showing excellence and courage in their respective fields.

The president will confer these awards at a ceremony to be held on the next Pakistan Day i.e.March 23, 2020.


Following is the complete list of Civil Awards’ recipients:

Hilal-i-Pakistan

  • Song Tao (China)
  • Zhong Shan (China)
  • Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (UAE)
  • Sheila Jackson Lee (USA)
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Irrigation System of Pakistan | CSS Pakistan Affairs Notes

Irrigation System of Pakistan
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1. Wells or Tube-wells: | Irrigation System of Pakistan

It is the oldest method of irrigation in Pakistan. Wells and Tube-wells system is successful where water level is high and where canal system is not common. Animal power and electricity is used for to obtain water from wells and tube-wells. To utilize ground water 0.7 million tube wells have been installed.

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CSS Pakistan Affairs Notes | Power Resources of Pakistan

Power Resources of Pakistan

Electricity is one of major source of power in Pakistan due to improper use of coal and oil resources.

HYDRO ELECTRICITY

Nature has provided suitable environment in Pakistan. To produce hydroelectricity environment is better for it. The northern and north western area of Pakistan is suitable for building of dams. We can produce hydroelectricity to create steep slopes in rivers and canals. Its best example is the Ghazi Barotha project in river Indus. Both public and private sectors have planned to increase the production of hydroelectricity in Pakistan. Pakistan’s total hydroelectricity production is 4963 Megawatt. Pakistan has the capacity of production of 30000 MW from its river Indus, Jhelum and Chenab.

Important Hydroelectricity Stations:

There are three hydroelectricity stations working in Pakistan:

1. Tarbela Dam:

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US vs China (By: Dr Farrukh Saleem)

The war between the US and China is getting hotter. Artificial intelligence (AI) is the new weapon of war. In the US corner are: Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, IBM and Apple. In the Chinese corner are: Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent. According to Amy Webb’s ‘The big nine: How the tech titans and their thinking machines could warp humanity’, the war is “aimed toward control and global domination” and “AI will determine who emerges the victor”.

In the simplest of terms, AI “refers to any computer grogram or system that can perform tasks that resemble acts of human intelligence.” There are three types of AI: Artificial narrow intelligence (ANI), artificial general intelligence (AGI) and artificial super intelligence (ASI). ANI is a computer programme or system that outperforms humans in some very narrowly defined task (examples: Siri, chess, smart personal assistants, voice to text features, automated responders, self-driven cars etc).

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CSS Pakistan Affairs Notes | Natural Resources of Pakistan

Natural Resources of Pakistan

Introduction:

Resources like mineral, power, water and forest have a huge influence on the economic and social development of a country. Availability of natural resources is the necessary but not a sufficient condition of economic and social development. If a country is rich in resources and these resources are optimally used then there is more possibilities of economic and social development. Accordingly, there is positive relationship between natural resources and economic and social development.