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…
The ECP under fire
The ECP is under fire from all sides. Parliamentarians are angry because their matriculation and graduation degrees are being challenged by the ECP with a view to disqualifying them from…
Land rights and democracy
Some months ago, Dr Muzaffar A. Issani, writing to this paper, had taken a critical view of how land rights are understood. While his take on feudalism might have been…
Pakistan`s dilemma
The Pakistani establishment has been as much a victim of its successes as it has of its failures over the years. The Afghan policy during the 1990s that manufactured the…
The paterfamilias metaphor
The ‘paterfamilias’ metaphor for the chief justice because of his role in administrative issues has something about it. Every now and then it provokes its critics into angry tirades. Is…
Sustainable development
The Rio+20 summit on sustainable development held last June did not attract major headlines in the mainstream media despite its existential implications. In any case, the summit`s painfully negotiated and…
The new normal
It may well be grotesque, but the face of the next generation of Pakistanis is going to make for an interesting study. As evidenced by the lack of concrete measures…
The coming wars
"Changes in our environment and the resulting upheavals - from droughts to inundated coastal areas to loss of arable lands - are likely to become a major driver of war…
Soptlight: Donkey years? No, much worse!
In business concerns, whether industries or commercial enterprises, there is a two-word term used to describe an employee's experience whose length does not have much to show by way of…
The parting kick?
In an editorial about the "long march" on Islamabad, and the approaching (really?) general elections, The Economist said the "transition would be historic: never in Pakistan's violent and unstable history…
