Pervez Hoodbhoy
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
Recep Erdogan and Imran Khan have given the driving seat to emotion and the back seat to reason.
Updated 26 Dec, 2021 01:45pm
Magistrates with armed police escorts are interrogating seven- to 12-year-olds on their Quran-reading skills.
Updated 04 Dec, 2021 03:24pm
With TLP on board and TTP nearly so, PM Khan has scored a century against the ‘bloody liberals’ he hates.
Updated 13 Nov, 2021 10:53am
Making a mishmash of religion and politics won’t turn Pakistan into a welfare state. Here’s what can.
Updated 23 Oct, 2021 07:59am
Though weak and corrupt, the former Afghan government has left behind excellent school textbooks.
Updated 02 Oct, 2021 07:51am
Even if targeted by extremists of other brands, Taliban need to abandon their earlier extremism.
Updated 11 Sep, 2021 08:56am
