Higher Education Vision 2025
Dr. Pervaiz Tahir | Nov 03, 2016 Reports in a section of the press inform that a Higher Education Vision 2025 is about to be...
Occupational accidents: moving towards safe work
Iftikhar Ahmed | Nov 03, 2016 Decent work is, in essence, safe work. Manufacturing and mining were already considered part of the sweatshops however the...
Disenfranchising The ‘Other’
M.G. Vaidya (‘The price of personal law, IE, November 1) makes chilling reading. It is not easy to believe that in a democracy, someone...
A Jaded Congress Could Not Have Asked For More
For a Congress that has been on the back foot on a number of issues politically, including being on the wrong side of the...
Democracy in the West and Pakistan
Imtiaz Gul | Nov 01, 2016 Lust for political power, permit, patronage and privileges stand out as the hallmark of a democracy (or the absence...
An Invitation To Peace-Mongering
SHASHANK JOSHI | Nov 01, 2016 Our sense of patriotism is so official, aggressive, masculine and managerial, that we have no sense of the processes...
India’s Growing Arms Footprint in Afghanistan Enables Regional Power Projection
SHASHANK JOSHI | Nov 1, 2016 India’s growing arms footprint in Afghanistan points to an important future aspect of its regional power projection. “We have a...
Sectarian violence surges in Pakistan and Afghanistan
Abdul Basit | Nov 01, 2016 After a decline in scale and casualties, the anti-Shia sectarian violence is once again resurging in Pakistan. In the last two...
Dummies’ Guide to Pakistani Politics
What is happening in Pakistan? Why its happening the way it is happening and how can Pakistan change and become a genuinely democratic polity?...
Revitalising CSS Performance
Aishaa Ghumman | Oct 31, 2016 THE first competitive examination under the newly revised Central Superior Services (CSS) subject syllabi was held earlier this year....
My Tribute to Qandeel Baloch…
Huma Zafar | July 19, 2016 “You cant stop us from loving, Mr. President!” exclaimed Qandeel Baloch, on Valentine’s Day, when the Government of Pakistan...
Has the party begun?
Kamal Siddiqi | Oct 31, 2016 Our newspaper has reported that after buckling under relentless pressure, the government sent its information minister packing as preliminary...