Technology & values
TECHNOLOGY has brought us speed, innovation, increased access to information and connectivity. However, there seems to be very little discussion about its impact on our humanness. Social values have always…
Education emergency: a social X-ray
THE prime minister recently declared an education emergency, a much-needed and welcome call to action. Our education system is in critical condition and experts must now step forward to revive it.…
Role modelling values
Children do not follow what you say but what you do. What you value you emulate. Behaviour is the key to values adherence. These are some sayings that are said…
Clash of share values versus human values
It is a classic story. It is the good versus evil history. It is a fantasy. It is a script for a feel good movie. We all like the good…
Protests, politics and the ‘un’-social media
The best way to control is to make people mindless. The best way to keep them mindless is to keep them illiterate and unaware. Education is the base of any…
Social welfare for GB
VERY November, the people of Gilgit-Baltistan commemorate their freedom and accession to Pakistan. The Pakistani state actively promotes the region as the most beautiful part of the country, highlighting its…
Values and policy decisions
Public policy environments will invariably include some contentious policy decisions. These decisions will often involve implicit value judgements about what is important and what is not. In debating contentious policy,…
Whose values?
TODAY is the day after International Women’s Day. By now, the Aurat March would have taken place, hopefully without incident. And Pakistan’s honour would likely have survived a public gathering of…
Social capital
WHY do some states progress rapidly while others like Pakistan stagnate? The role of natural, physical, financial and human capital in this regard is clear. However, many analysts assign a…
Moral panic and social change
LAST week in an interview to a private TV channel, the prime minister made several remarks about what he believed were indicators of moral degradation in Pakistani society, and the underlying reason…
