Pervez Hoodbhoy
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
Pakistan should welcome the Taliban’s new face but must resolutely insist upon their civilised behaviour.
Updated 28 Aug, 2021 09:03am
Russia and USA are squarely responsible for Afghanistan’s tragedy but Pakistan is certainly not innocent.
Updated 31 Jul, 2021 08:23am
Certainly not how minorities should be treated! But there’s much else that China can teach Pakistan.
Updated 10 Jul, 2021 08:37am
By inviting mullahs to regulate biology textbooks the PTI government has put Pakistan in reverse gear.
Updated 19 Jun, 2021 08:17am
Israelis have long known that brain will rule over brawn, a fact that some Arab rulers are only just discovering.
Updated 29 May, 2021 08:07am
For Pakistan to keep its GSP-Plus status it will have to show the EU that it treats its blasphemy accused fairly.
Updated 08 May, 2021 12:00pm
PM Khan has done a disservice to Pakistan by exempting certain institutions from performance requirements.
Updated 17 Apr, 2021 08:15am
Setting sofas on fire brings back memories of the time when Islamabad was set ablaze in 2007.
Updated 27 Mar, 2021 10:14am
Glorifying violence & conquest through fictionalised history will have devastating consequences for Pakistan.
Published 06 Mar, 2021 06:53am
Forcing students to learn Arabic won’t make them virtuous but setting good examples of moral behaviour might.
Updated 13 Feb, 2021 08:10am
The difficulty of preventing online cheating and low ethical standards means that these days most students cheat.
Published 23 Jan, 2021 08:00am
Without a culture of science Muslims will continue consuming technology without producing much.
Updated 02 Jan, 2021 09:16am
By rewarding professors with phony achievements Pakistan has damaged universities beyond repair.
Updated 12 Dec, 2020 08:48am
Pakistan seeks to lead the Muslim world but civil society in the Middle East is evolving much faster.
Updated 21 Nov, 2020 08:22am
