Pervez Hoodbhoy
Pakistan’s plight isn’t solely because its elite are corrupt; their values and worldview have failed.
Updated 28 Jan, 2023 08:59am
The mother of all questions is never asked – why should Pakistan fight the TTP?
Updated 07 Jan, 2023 08:52am
Dar’s jihad to eliminate bank interest is a bid to distract from the grimness of the present economic landscape.
Updated 17 Dec, 2022 08:45am
Seizing a public university’s land for a six-lane highway will bring disgrace, not votes to PML-N.
Updated 26 Nov, 2022 08:56am
Retrograde cultural forces are strong in India yet it forges ahead while Pakistan regresses. Why?
Updated 05 Nov, 2022 10:44am
Quaid-e-Azam University’s prime land has been illegally seized by a government agency in Islamabad...
Published 15 Oct, 2022 07:44am
Just as the water car violated thermodynamics, Khan’s agenda for Pakistan violates commonsense.
Updated 24 Sep, 2022 09:13am
Pakistan will forever have rapacious leaders unless its people absorb universal human values and learn to think.
Updated 03 Sep, 2022 08:35am
There is little appreciation in Pakistan for the centrality of science in every modern economic pursuit.
Published 14 Aug, 2022 07:12am
Scholarly discourse is rare and even basic competencies can be difficult to find in universities.
Updated 13 Aug, 2022 09:17am
Talking to hardcore killers who understand only the use of force needlessly gifts them political stature.
Updated 23 Jul, 2022 09:31am
Brain power makes teeny-tiny Israel a technological giant before which every Arab country must bow.
Updated 02 Jul, 2022 11:08am
An informed parliament and the ballot box should fix the meaning of patriotism, not security agencies.
Updated 11 Jun, 2022 09:10pm
To avoid shipwreck, Pakistan will have to deal effectively with militarism, overpopulation, and its skill deficit.
Updated 21 May, 2022 09:07am
PTI chief taps both into widespread social grievances and into the weak reasoning skills of his devotees.
Updated 30 Apr, 2022 08:26am
Imran Khan may not be a money-chaser but his lust for power makes him dangerous for Pakistan.
Updated 09 Apr, 2022 08:46pm
D-Day on D-Chowk will damage democracy, but PTI’s legacy of harm will extend much beyond that.
Updated 19 Mar, 2022 09:13am
Forcibly disappearing Baloch students won’t eliminate terrorism but will weaken the federation of Pakistan.
Updated 26 Feb, 2022 08:28am
Converting the PM House into a university is unworkable, wildly extravagant, and must be stopped.
Updated 05 Feb, 2022 08:07pm
Unless Pakistanis learn to value the works of non-Muslims, science in Pakistan shall remain dead.
Updated 15 Jan, 2022 08:23am