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Promises broken and kept
Pakistan has kept its commitments to Kashmiris; now it must fulfil promises made to its own citizens.
Pervez Hoodbhoy
Pakistan’s slice of the moon
Aiming for a culture of science will serve Pakistan better than trying to match India’s new moon shot.
Clients and patrons
Here’s how a weak state can survive in today’s cruel world without a protector and patron.
Bad math — big blunders
Mathematics is all about reason but reason in Pakistan appears to have dried up in recent times.
HEC — stormy times up ahead
The Banuri-Rahman tiff provides an opportunity to debate the future shape of our universities.
Crunch time for universities
Pakistan’s broken university system cries out for basic attitudinal changes; money cannot fix it.
F-16 or JF-17 – which was it?
As silicon chips battle the adversary’s silicon chips the era of aerial dogfighting is closing down.
Pakistan’s terrified Christians
One hopes for the day when Pakistan has a prime minister like New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern.
Why Bangladesh overtook Pakistan
Eschewing militarism in favour of human development, Bangladesh set its initial priorities correctly.
Tamimi, Malala and Rahaf — icons of freedom
These young women must be celebrated for what they did and not judged by how the West sees them.
QAU’s land is PTI’s litmus test
Undoing the theft of QAU’s land will be a strong test of PTI’s stated resolve to fight corruption.
Madina state and ‘naya’ Pakistan
Does Imran Khan want to adopt the Madina state’s laws and emulate it as a political entity?
Don’t surrender to mob rule
A similar open call for murder and mutiny by other Pakistanis would meet extreme punishment.
Why attempts to reform Pakistani education fail
Every attempt to modernise education has run into an invisible brick wall of culture and conservatism.
Europe’s perplexed Pakistanis
Why do Pakistanis enjoying the West’s pluralism stay silent about pluralism within Pakistan?
Religious bias okayed
To wilfully use religious sentiment for worldly gain is now firmly part of Pakistan’s political culture.
A Pakistani Hawking?
Pakistan has produced many good cricketers and businessmen but not a single mathematician.
July elections: the certainties
These elections will be neither free nor fair but to vote is still important.
Cyber intimidation: a bad idea
To gag voices that dare criticise abuse of power cannot lead to a better and more viable Pakistan.
The ‘Salam Centre’ brouhaha
Science suffocates when scientists are judged by their religion, race or ethnicity.