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29th March, 2013
Shoot a teacher: Kill a country
Thus, proceeds the war against learning, where being a female student or a male professor or anyone asking others to think, to pause, to consider, is a target.
Thus, proceeds the war against learning, where being a female student or a male professor or anyone asking others to think, to pause, to consider, is a target.
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23rd January, 2013
Child art: The breaking up of reality
A child’s disconnect from imagination starts from school, when he or she has many images of the world but very few words for it.
A child’s disconnect from imagination starts from school, when he or she has many images of the world but very few words for it.
20th November, 2012
Young technologists shine at 13th Softcom
The event at held at the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute managed to pull together the sharpest young minds from around the country.
The event at held at the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute managed to pull together the sharpest young minds from around the country.
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2nd November, 2012
A feast of Pakistani paintings in London
The Supporters of TCF put their hearts in collecting the works of 40 artists to raise funds for 830 purpose-built schools across Pakistan.
The Supporters of TCF put their hearts in collecting the works of 40 artists to raise funds for 830 purpose-built schools across Pakistan.
27th September, 2012
Pakistani youth take spouse visa route to success
Frustrated by instability and limited opportunities in their country, Pakistani men and women are seeking refuge in other countries through any means.
Frustrated by instability and limited opportunities in their country, Pakistani men and women are seeking refuge in other countries through any means.
22nd September, 2012
International Computer Project Olympiad: Pakistani student wins gold medal
M. Ubaidullah, the son of a rice trader in Balochistan has brought home a gold medal from the International Computer Project Olympiad held in Turkmenistan.
M. Ubaidullah, the son of a rice trader in Balochistan has brought home a gold medal from the International Computer Project Olympiad held in Turkmenistan.
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18th September, 2012
Hate by the textbook
By playing with the minds of our children we are giving rise to a society where the rights of anyone who is not a Pakistani and a Sunni Muslim are irrelevant.
By playing with the minds of our children we are giving rise to a society where the rights of anyone who is not a Pakistani and a Sunni Muslim are irrelevant.
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12th September, 2012
The new al-phabet book
Here is my small contribution to update the alphabet book, so that Pakistani children know what kind of a world they are about to step in to, writes Sabir Nazar.
Here is my small contribution to update the alphabet book, so that Pakistani children know what kind of a world they are about to step in to, writes Sabir Nazar.
31st August, 2012
“How am I supposed to be good at English when I came here to learn it?”
Students cry foul at UK Border Agency’s ruling on London Met University’s visa regulation, terming it “inhuman treatment.”
Students cry foul at UK Border Agency’s ruling on London Met University’s visa regulation, terming it “inhuman treatment.”
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23rd August, 2012
Born to run: The rise and leveling of the APMSO
The much overlooked reason behind the All Pakistan Mohajir Students Organisation’s evolution into giving birth to MQM in 1984 is an economic one.
The much overlooked reason behind the All Pakistan Mohajir Students Organisation’s evolution into giving birth to MQM in 1984 is an economic one.
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16th August, 2012
Bleeding green: The rise and fall of the IJT
Islami Jamiat Taleba members would slip in literature culled from the writings of Abul Ala Maududi and Syed Qutb in ‘study circles’, writes NFP.
Islami Jamiat Taleba members would slip in literature culled from the writings of Abul Ala Maududi and Syed Qutb in ‘study circles’, writes NFP.
6th August, 2012
Pakistani students excel at International Science Olympiads, bag scholarships
Pakistani students won one silver and four bronze medals along with two honourable mentions in various events at the International Science Olympiads 2012.
Pakistani students won one silver and four bronze medals along with two honourable mentions in various events at the International Science Olympiads 2012.
23rd May, 2012
Campus politics turns bloody
As the murder of a IJT-linked student has led to weeks of unabated violence at the Punjab University, Dawn.com traces the history of student politics at the varsity.
As the murder of a IJT-linked student has led to weeks of unabated violence at the Punjab University, Dawn.com traces the history of student politics at the varsity.
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30th April, 2012
The culture of cheating
Cheating incidents will continue to make headlines unless the curriculum is revised and the abhorrent practice of rote learning abolished.
Cheating incidents will continue to make headlines unless the curriculum is revised and the abhorrent practice of rote learning abolished.
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19th March, 2012
Battles outside the classroom
“I want to become a teacher when I grow up,” was a phrase that dominated a major part of my childhood. My mother still reminds…
“I want to become a teacher when I grow up,” was a phrase that dominated a major part of my childhood. My mother still reminds…
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13th February, 2012
Voices from the debris
‘If you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman you educate a nation’ is an African Proverb…
‘If you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman you educate a nation’ is an African Proverb…
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10th February, 2012
‘Thanks to Allah’
‘Thanks to Allah’, as our cricketers would say, “Just 40.1 per cent of the 5-16 age group [schoolchildren in Pakistan] could do two-digit subtraction sums…
‘Thanks to Allah’, as our cricketers would say, “Just 40.1 per cent of the 5-16 age group [schoolchildren in Pakistan] could do two-digit subtraction sums…
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26th January, 2012
Fundos by default, not merely by design
The increase in violence in Pakistan is believed to have its roots in religious extremism, which is often tied to the conservative madrassas (religious schools).…
The increase in violence in Pakistan is believed to have its roots in religious extremism, which is often tied to the conservative madrassas (religious schools).…
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2nd January, 2012
Black clouds and silver linings
As the new year eve approached, my twitter and Facebook were filled with new year messages. Unfortunately, a sizeable number of those in Pakistan had…
As the new year eve approached, my twitter and Facebook were filled with new year messages. Unfortunately, a sizeable number of those in Pakistan had…
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10th September, 2011
Branded education
I once read a quote by Horace Mann where he said “Education is the great equaliser of the conditions of men, the balance wheel …
I once read a quote by Horace Mann where he said “Education is the great equaliser of the conditions of men, the balance wheel …
