According to a recent analysis of Scimago, the world’s leading database of scholarly literature and analytics, Pakistan has witnessed remarkable advancements in the last twenty years in international research rankings…
Hardly any conference or event discussing socio-economic and political challenges of Pakistan goes without acknowledging its vast, untapped asset – the youth. While it is encouraging to see government officials…
ACCORDING to a recent UNDP report, almost 30 per cent of our total population is in the higher-education age bracket, aged 15-29, and this percentage will continue to rise. The…
OVER the last year, the Punjab government has announced the setting up of 10 new universities. Not all of these are being created from scratch. Some of these universities are…
THERE has long been a debate about why other technology universities globally and Indian institutes of technology (IITs) in the region have excelled while our universities of engineering and technology…
There once was a national university, let’s call it the National University of Technology (NUT) located in Metropabad, a major city of a developing nation. Metropabad was a sought-after place…
Pakistan has seen a considerable drive to develop its higher education system, with a notable concentration on creating universities around the country. Most recently, the National Assembly passed 24 bills…
The dream of free, quality higher education is an ideal only few countries have been able to realize. Among them are Germany, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, France, Austria, Denmark, Luxembourg,…
Rigid conformity to formal rules has made life difficult for scholars wishing to obtain a PhD degree from public-sector universities in Pakistan. This is mainly because of procedural delays. Having…
The Information Technology (IT) and IT Enabled Services (ITES) sector has been among the fastest growing in Pakistan’s economy. IT exports for 2021-22 are expected to clock in at around…
