Rethinking education
Why slog through the halls of traditional schools when the internet can turbocharge your learning from the comfort of your couch? Is it still relevant to stuff your brain with…
Where should young people go?
Pakistan is the fifth most populous country in the world. This is hardly good news for a nation that struggles to feed at least a third of its population with…
All hail the SNC
I was on a road trip to the northern areas with friends. We were at a rest stop, our black off-road utility vehicle parked on the side of the road,…
STEM for the rich?
Various estimates suggest that fast-paced automation will replace over 85 million manufacturing jobs worldwide by the end of 2025. Job positions that are in high demand today will simply fall…
What ails the HEC?
It is interesting to note that political parties that draw their major support from Punjab tend to promote centralization and resist devolution to provinces. This we have seen even after…
Nurturing the gifted
Pakistan – a nation of about 230 million people – is the fifth largest country in the world and it is estimated that there are about four million children who…
Ataturk’s legacy
Every year on November 10, Turkey holds Ataturk Remembrance Day to mark the death anniversary of the founder of the modern Turkish state and the first president of Turkey, Mustafa…
Literary losses of Sindh
Being a cornucopia of ethnic and linguistic diversity, Pakistan presents a rich cultural and literary variety. But somehow if you conduct a survey with university students in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and…
A remarkable verdict
It feels good when the apex court of your country delivers a verdict that fulfills the aspirations of its people. Before the verdict, there were apprehensions and fluctuating hopes. Keeping…
Imran: positives and negatives
First the positives: as a post-colonial constructed nation, Pakistan is an amalgam of ethnicities, languages, sects and other diversities. Therefore, the most important task for a leader is to forge…
