Pervez Hoodbhoy
For Pakistan to keep its GSP-Plus status it will have to show the EU that it treats its blasphemy accused fairly.
Updated 08 May, 2021 12:00pm
PM Khan has done a disservice to Pakistan by exempting certain institutions from performance requirements.
Updated 17 Apr, 2021 08:15am
Setting sofas on fire brings back memories of the time when Islamabad was set ablaze in 2007.
Updated 27 Mar, 2021 10:14am
Glorifying violence & conquest through fictionalised history will have devastating consequences for Pakistan.
Published 06 Mar, 2021 06:53am
Forcing students to learn Arabic won’t make them virtuous but setting good examples of moral behaviour might.
Updated 13 Feb, 2021 08:10am
The difficulty of preventing online cheating and low ethical standards means that these days most students cheat.
Published 23 Jan, 2021 08:00am
Without a culture of science Muslims will continue consuming technology without producing much.
Updated 02 Jan, 2021 09:16am
By rewarding professors with phony achievements Pakistan has damaged universities beyond repair.
Updated 12 Dec, 2020 08:48am
Pakistan seeks to lead the Muslim world but civil society in the Middle East is evolving much faster.
Updated 21 Nov, 2020 08:22am
The world rightly ignores complaints of Islamophobia from a country that mistreats its religious minorities.
Updated 07 Nov, 2020 08:27am
Successful societies know that those who fight wars well are not always best suited for running industries, academia, or govt.
Updated 10 Oct, 2020 08:05am
Arab and Pakistani cultures remain self-congratulatory even eight centuries after Islam’s Golden Age ended.
Updated 19 Sep, 2020 07:54am
Yoking ordinary schools to madressahs will impair the reasoning capacity of children and job competitiveness.
Updated 29 Aug, 2020 08:21am
India and Pakistan’s new education policies will push their respective religious minorities into a corner.
Updated 09 Aug, 2020 11:06am
The SNC massively prioritises ideology over education quality and acquisition of basic skills.
Updated 18 Jul, 2020 08:52am
Left-liberals in the West should ponder the effects of effacing historical symbols as Pakistan-India have.
Updated 27 Jun, 2020 08:18am
Faked history fuels revivalist dreams, creates false hopes, & suggests the way forward is through the sword.
Updated 06 Jun, 2020 10:36am
The state’s scorn for science and surrender to religious forces has put Pakistan’s millions in danger.
Published 16 May, 2020 06:13am
What is called online learning can be worth its name if and only if there’s absolute transparency.
Published 25 Apr, 2020 06:44am
Hopes for dealing scientifically with the virus rest upon Darwin’s discovery of the principle of natural selection.
Updated 05 Apr, 2020 10:58am
