Reforming education?
Last week the federal government, as well as the governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, issued identical directives applicable to all public and private schools from the next academic year…
HEC, USAID celebrate 16 years of need-based scholarship programme
The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) celebrated the 16th anniversary of Merit and Need-Based Scholarship Programme (MNBSP), which is administered in partnership…
To my dear friend Zain
January 30, 2021 was a tragic day for those of us who lost a great friend, an upright human being, an avid reader and a Marxist thinker beyond excellence –…
Al-Farabi and education
It is an unfortunate fact that education in Pakistan fluctuates between various extremes. On the one side, we have proponents of education who advocate for, and stress on, scientific and…
Two promising institutions – Part I
A visit to Balochistan invariably becomes educative. The rest of Pakistan does not hear much about anything good happening there. But it is not all doom and gloom; on a…
Colonial collusion
BRITISH India’s laws on rape, adultery, homosexuality, witch-hunting and blasphemy were codified in the Indian Penal Code (1861) by Thomas Macaulay and the first Indian Law Commission. Sedition and defamation…
Uneven state spatiality
There are once again questions being raised regarding the respect and rights given to federating units. It is worthwhile to visit how analysis of physical space and its development/ underdevelopment…
Need for scientific excellence
Humans have forever tried to use natural resources for their own well-being so as to ensure a prosperous and comfortable life. As the human mind developed, their requirements increased and…
Governance deficit, institutional deterioration resented
Resenting unchecked governance deficit and institutional deterioration in the education sector, especially higher education, senior academics and experts have feared that failure to address these issues will be detrimental to…
CPEC: whose project is this?
The current regime which took charge of the state of affairs in June 2013, has been claiming to have launched the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The then Prime Minister has…
