The HEC impact
The period between 2003 and 2008 saw amazing developments in the higher education sector of Pakistan, dramatically changing the landscape of our universities. In 2003, only 2.6 percent of youth…
Sanctimonious slide into chaos?
In the days following Gen Pervez Musharraf`s Nov 3, 2007 proclamation of emergency there were many significant moments but one I`ll remember for long. The excitement of those days was…
Wars of liberation
In my previous column, I wrote about partition, the Kashmir issue and the treacherous role played by Lord Mountbatten and Sir Radcliffe. On a number of occasions, both General Musharraf…
Any disorder better than this paralysis
Never in my life did I think that I would have a kind word to say about a figure in religious garb. But then our bankrupt politics can make even…
PML-N’s financial wizardry
I am surprised to read the PML-N’s defence of the failed economic policies of George W Bush, advocating their implementation in Pakistan. Zubair Mohmmad in his article titled ‘Bushonomics and…
Return of Qadri
Few would have taken notice of 'Sheikhul Islam' Allama Tahirul Qadri's public meeting at the Minar-i-Pakistan had he not managed to put on as impressive a show as he did.…
Deceit by design
In September of 2001, just after the mighty World Trade Centre turned into dust, a man whose name President Bush had difficulty remembering, arrived to attend the UN General Assembly.…
Running out of time, and money
The prime reasons for the electricity crisis is that those in the Musharraf regime who made the feel-good consumer-oriented economic policies never thought about investing commensurately in massive generation to…
Political and social matters
At the moment our country is witnessing a bloodbath, and when the rulers are questioned as to why this is happening and why they don’t do anything to stop it,…
Never forgive, never forget
Now those they`ve got the scalp they wanted, a question: why did they want his scalp so bad? A trip down memory lane may help. Husain Haqqanis last known flirtation…
