Pervez Hoodbhoy
Dr Abdus Salam’s role in seeking China’s help for Pakistan’s atomic bomb has just been revealed. Updated Nov 30, 2019 09:27am
Ghost teachers in Pakistani rural schools are common enough but few know of our ghost mathematicians. Updated Nov 09, 2019 07:16am
Mr Prime Minister: welcome to the liberal camp! You are saying now what we liberals have said for 20 years. Updated Oct 19, 2019 09:04am
Nuclear strategists are actually not nuclear experts and have no ability to predict any significant nuclear event. Published Sep 28, 2019 07:05am
KSA and UAE cannot call for self-determination in Kashmir for fear of consequences at home. Published Sep 07, 2019 07:09am
Pakistan has kept its commitments to Kashmiris; now it must fulfil promises made to its own citizens. Updated Aug 18, 2019 07:32am
Aiming for a culture of science will serve Pakistan better than trying to match India’s new moon shot. Updated Jul 27, 2019 07:20am
Here’s how a weak state can survive in today’s cruel world without a protector and patron. Published Jul 06, 2019 06:59am
Mathematics is all about reason but reason in Pakistan appears to have dried up in recent times. Updated Jun 15, 2019 10:08am
The Banuri-Rahman tiff provides an opportunity to debate the future shape of our universities. Published May 25, 2019 07:24am
Pakistan’s broken university system cries out for basic attitudinal changes; money cannot fix it. Updated May 04, 2019 09:21am
As silicon chips battle the adversary’s silicon chips the era of aerial dogfighting is closing down. Published Apr 13, 2019 06:28am
One hopes for the day when Pakistan has a prime minister like New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern. Updated Mar 23, 2019 08:33am
Eschewing militarism in favour of human development, Bangladesh set its initial priorities correctly. Updated Feb 10, 2019 08:40am
These young women must be celebrated for what they did and not judged by how the West sees them. Updated Jan 19, 2019 08:31am
Undoing the theft of QAU’s land will be a strong test of PTI’s stated resolve to fight corruption. Updated Dec 29, 2018 08:31am
Does Imran Khan want to adopt the Madina state’s laws and emulate it as a political entity? Updated Dec 08, 2018 09:26am
A similar open call for murder and mutiny by other Pakistanis would meet extreme punishment. Published Nov 17, 2018 06:42am
Every attempt to modernise education has run into an invisible brick wall of culture and conservatism. Updated Oct 27, 2018 09:26am
Why do Pakistanis enjoying the West’s pluralism stay silent about pluralism within Pakistan? Published Oct 06, 2018 06:49am