Public administration and decisions
Policymaking is an important and consequential public activity that needs to be in the limelight – and it often is. An allied public activity, also of much importance but in…
PMC sets up Rs360m scholarship fund to support students
Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has announced the launch of the National Medical Scholarship Fund worth Rs360 million. The step will create avenues for high merit students who cannot af ford…
Waning support
In 2003, the EU held the Thessaloniki summit at which it promised Western Balkan countries European integration if they met certain admission criteria. In 2016, Bosnia finally applied for EU…
Supporting Afghan women
Since the Taliban took control of Kabul and the central government on August 15, efforts to support Afghan women have become extremely challenging. According to some prominent US feminists with…
Impasse on probe underscores Republican angst over US Capitol riot
By blocking creation of an independent, bipartisan January 6 commission, congressional Republicans have signaled they would rather approach next year’s mid-term elections unencumbered by potentially damning findings about the deadly…
In support of a tiered university system
The seeds of California’s public university system – as it is today – were sowed in 1960, with the California Master Plan. The plan aimed to combine exceptional quality and…
From republic to emirate
On August 15, we woke up to a new world; the Taliban had seized control of Kabul as the government in Afghanistan disintegrated and the president left the country. The…
Supporting Palestine
THE violent dispossession of Palestinians’ homes in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, the continuous harassment of Palestinians and the apartheid imposed on them in occupied Palestine, and the indiscriminate…
Teacher training and support?
TEACHERS matter: a good teacher can impact the learning of children significantly. A good teacher/human being can also be a very effective role model for children. Both of these impacts…
Republicans’ moment of truth
In the event of an electoral defeat, the losing political parties generally use the post-election time to introspect and deliberate on the likely causes of the poor performance, and review…
