Pervez Hoodbhoy
Terrorism alone does not explain why the US is drifting away from its wonderful enlightenment ideals.
Published 08 Apr, 2017 03:29am
Donald Trump’s presidency is the tip of the spear that xenophobic white supremacists are using to reconquer America.
Published 07 Apr, 2017 01:09pm
Only a miracle can now prevent Pakistan from becoming 400 million people in around 35 years.
Updated 26 Aug, 2017 09:24am
The thousands of Americans who protested the Muslim ban at airports were there to protect a principle.
Updated 01 Oct, 2018 01:17pm
Gallantry has no place in this planet’s future wars. Technology will decide.
Updated 04 Feb, 2017 09:23am
The kidnappings are designed to eliminate the tiny sliver of cyberspace activists currently have.
Updated 01 Oct, 2018 01:22pm
Should public universities now buy their own AK-47s, rocket launchers and armoured vehicles?
Updated 24 Dec, 2016 01:24pm
Ideological discomfort with science largely explains our near total absence from the world of creative science.
Updated 03 Dec, 2016 12:48pm
Missing from the establishment’s perception of national interest is a positive vision for Pakistan’s future.
Updated 12 Nov, 2016 08:28am
If Thomson-Reuters has it right then Pakistanis should be out tonight dancing in the streets.
Updated 01 Oct, 2016 11:28am
Rather than try to defend war criminals, Pakistan must normalise relations with Bangladesh.
Updated 10 Sep, 2016 10:13am
Government officials and media pundits should not loosely wag their tongues unless they actually know.
Published 20 Aug, 2016 01:18am
The indigenisation of the Kashmir movement suggests a new path for Pakistan.
Updated 30 Jul, 2016 10:07am
Inspired by visions of past greatness, several political-religious movements are out to recreate the Madina state.
Published 09 Jul, 2016 05:38am
Fazlullah is to Pakistan what Mansour was to Afghanistan.
Updated 18 Jun, 2016 08:32am
The atomic bomb was supposed to create a state of bliss. Unsurprisingly that didn’t happen.
Updated 28 May, 2017 05:08pm
Demanding that science and faith be tied together has resulted in national bewilderment.
Updated 03 Dec, 2016 08:44am
To destroy terrorism will require a massive change of public attitudes.
Updated 16 Apr, 2016 09:28am
Business and commerce now freely use Islam as a brand name.
Updated 26 Mar, 2016 11:45am
Though not yet the official language, Urdu is Pakistan’s lingua franca.
Updated 05 Mar, 2016 10:02am
