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Academics in chains

The video clip of former Punjab University vice chancellor Dr Mujahid Kamran and registrars of Punjab University in handcuffs depicted a ghastly spectacle. Dr Kamran is a physicist recognised within…

Online Academics and COVID-19

The menace of COVID – 19 is threatening not only the lives and economic well being of people but placing the academic careers of the generation currently enrolled in educational…

Academics And Rural Development

Academics and rural development

It will take no less than an academic book to capture the journey of rural transformation in Pakistan for being one of the countries with the largest rural development initiatives…

Are Academics Academic?

Are academics academic?

The dictionary defines academic as “educational, scholastic,” as well as “not of practical relevance; of only theoretical interest.” After spending a week at an academic conference with eminent university scholars…

Academics In Chains

Academics in chains

The video clip of former Punjab University vice chancellor Dr Mujahid Kamran and registrars of Punjab University in handcuffs depicted a ghastly spectacle. Dr Kamran is a physicist recognised within…

Language tyranny

SINCE an education emergency was declared in Pakistan — for the second time — education has entered the public discourse with a bang. Seminars are being held frequently while the…

Homeschooling in Pakistan

Do you know how many children are out of schools in Pakistan? In 2021 the number was 26.2 million, which reached 26 million in 2024, prompting the Prime Minister to…

The economics of conflict

Conflict has a vastly different impact on different economies based on how insulated it may be (either voluntarily or through sanctions) from the US-led Western financial system and the measures…

Police vs protesters

The Sindh Rawadari March held on October 13, 2024, was a landmark event, highlighting the refusal of the people of Sindh to accept any intolerant agenda that certain quarters have…