A US educational organisation conducted a survey last year that has ranked the Quaid-i-Azam University at 496th among the 500 best Global Universities. Such a standing, I am sure, would have greatly displeased Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Pakistan has a high youth population i.e. nearly 60 per cent. It is sad that our authorities and planners do not accord education due importance over other priorities, like mass transit and state-of-art hospitals. They seem to have forgotten that an educated people guarantee a progressive and prosperous state.

There is no lack of potential or competence in Pakistan. What is lacking is the conviction and political will to address the education sector’s problems.

Habib Buzdar

Rawalpindi

Published in Dawn, February 22nd, 2018