Destroying the HEC
The Higher Education Commission is once again under attack, this time by the government of Sindh. The attacks on the HEC began in September 2008 under the previous PPP government…
Local self-government
The study by Dr Mohammad Mohabbat Khan of the Department of Public Administration, Dhaka University, on ‘the functioning of local government in Bangladesh’ stands good for most local self-governance in…
Mysterious world of the matrix
If this column has a theme, it would seem to be an interface between human and cyber culture – the internet and other networks that flow into it described as…
Celebration of democracy?
Vote for Pakistan. This was the slogan that many heard before heading to the polls on Saturday. All through last week, I met people who hadn`t decided who they were…
The myth of May 11
Some commentators, who are perfectly rational and do not believe in such esoteric things as numerology or the relevance of dates, have – nevertheless – observed that May 11 has…
The co-option solution
Election season is in full gear in Pakistan. Nomination papers are being filed and rejected; claims are being made about the future and the past; inroads are being carved with…
A law in defiance of the SC
The Sindh Assembly has passed a law on February 21, forming the provincial higher education commission to control the provincial universities. At present the Higher Education Commission (HEC) that was…
Dereliction of diplomatic norms
Adam Thomson, Her Britannic Majesty’s High Commissioner in Pakistan, could do with a refresher course on diplomacy. He told a select group of journalists at his residence in Islamabad on…
Factory inspections – III
During the last two decades or so, there has been a breakthrough from the traditional form of industry in Pakistan. The development of metallurgical industry, heavy engineering industries, chemical process…
