Part II: Voice of Sindh
The eighth Ayaz Melo in Hyderabad, held from Dec 23 to Dec 25, presented over 20 sessions and gathered nearly 100 authors, intellectuals and poets from across Pakistan. Jami Chandio…
Punjab’s perpetual crisis
The Lahore High Court has averted another constitutional and administrative crisis in the largest province of Pakistan – but the political crisis is not over yet. The issue deepened in…
A forgotten centenary
We have seen so many centenaries observed in Pakistan since the turn of the century. From Faiz, Manto and Sibte Hasan to Sajjad Zaheer and several others, there have been…
All eyes on Sunday
It is election time. Twenty seats are up for grabs on July 17 and their results will be more than just a referendum on the PTI’s popularity or inflation’s impact…
Of ports and terminals
There is some progress on the expansion of industrial base in the country. State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is providing concessionary financing for plant and machinery imports, government is providing…
SNC: curiouser and curiouser
I completed a page-by-page review of three model textbooks prepared for the Pre-1 Grade under the Single National Curriculum. I had intended to review all textbooks up to Grade 5…
Decolonizing education in Pakistan
Established initially as institutions of higher studies, Madressahs taught law, Islamic sciences and philosophy. Prior to the arrival of British, both religious and secular education were taken care of for…
The ignored Dardic languages
Pakistan is home to over 70 languages. Some ten of them are widely spoken; the remaining ones are struggling to survive. In the north of Pakistan, there is a vast…
How to select good books
Many readers and aspiring readers ask about how to select good books, as if there is a universal formula that one can apply on books and select the best ones.…
Rebel with a cause
Those of us who believe in scientific reasoning as a core base of analysis in the development of human society and individuals, would not buy the general beliefs about ‘gifted…
