The great refusal
Fingers rap against desks, thumbs twiddle, legs twitch in impatience. A man with his waistcoat unbuttoned glances at his peer, confusion marring his face. She shrugs, brow furrowed. The constitution…
HEC to conduct USAT test for undergraduate admission
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has announced to conduct Undergraduate Studies Admission Test (USAT) for students seeking undergraduate admissions in Pakistani universities all over the country. According to the official…
Thousands of Black women claim hair relaxers gave them cancer
Ush, a cosmetologist, was lounging in the recliner at her St. Louis-area home last winter when an advertisement from a law firm flashed up on her television screen, urging viewers…
How the [HEI] sausage is made
At the beginning of this year, I contributed an op-ed (‘No, accreditation is not the answer’, Jan 2, 2023) about how in its waning days, members of the Punjab Assembly…
As Greece rolls back migrant support, thousands go hungry
In an out-of-sight flat in one of Athens’ poorest districts, dozens of migrant women and young children left exposed by Greece’s dwindling asylum support programmes queue for food donations. Deniz…
Stubborn refusal to learn
Most Pakistanis belong to that community who were uniquely blessed to be guided and advised, fourteen centuries back, to seek knowledge even if it required the rigours of travel to…
Bias and recusal
JUDICIAL recusal has become the talk of the town in the context of high-profile Supreme Court cases. Otherwise seen as safeguarding judicial independence, ‘recusal’ has become a political tool to…
