A Critique of Philosophical Thought in Pakistan
Mohammad Gill Feb 1, 2005 interacts: 57The worst non-filthy curse in our day-to-day vocabulary is the word ’atheist’. In Urdu, we use ’dahriya’ and ’zindique’ for it. We condemn atheism without....
Cost of Questioning
Salman Baset Jan 9, 2005 interacts: 25Dr. Isa Daudpota was fired from his job recently after having pointed in his Spider and Chowk articles the affiliation of various Pakistani educational institutions
Reforming Pakistan’s Universities -- II
Pervez Hoodbhoy Jan 4, 2005 interacts: 50Three years ago the first serious effort to deal with Pakistan’s chronically ill universities was finally initiated. Unfortunately, this effort by the Higher Education Commission
Reforming Pakistan’s Universties -- I
Pervez Hoodbhoy Jan 4, 2005 interacts: 13In this article I will look at the problems in our higher education system and why the HEC reforms are set to make a bad
The Poetry of Physics
Fitaa Feeraz Dec 19, 2004 interacts: 42To think of gravity as a new dimension is an idea that many would not have even thought about even in their wildest dreams. Einstein
The Nature of Time
Jahangeer Dec 8, 2004 interacts: 22We ask the question what is time? as if we thought that the word time referred to some independent entity or dimension of nature that
Wise Chancellors
naeem sadiq Nov 27, 2004 interacts: 12Since the rapid ‘generalization’ of our society, the function of ‘vice’ Chancellors too has been “generalised’. It is now possible to have a good ‘vice’
Madrassahs and Schools
Xoheb Sheikh Nov 14, 2004 interacts: 9The void, at present, is getting wider.
Dubious Universities
Q Isa Daudpota Nov 4, 2004 interacts: 6For an unaccredited institution, the 14-year old American World University (AWU) does remarkably well with over 7,000 students globally. No one would guess that the
The Navel of Asia
Fitaa Feeraz Sep 26, 2004 interacts: 4Nowhere on earth’s surface is there a comparable cluster of mountains. In a chaos of contours at the heart, or perhaps the navel of Asia,
The Aga Khan University-Examination Board: Does Pakistan Need One?
Bahadur Ali Sep 21, 2004 interacts: 17Like every other major policy debate in this country, one on The Aga Khan University Education Board--with its religio-political dimensions--has all the ingredients of a
The Responsibility of Students
Nima Shirali Sep 16, 2004 interacts: 15I started my university studies with the expectation of elevating my level of academic understanding. I was of the notion that I would be entering
Mathematics for All University Students
Q Isa Daudpota Sep 16, 2004 interacts: 11The role of mathematics in science, and society generally, is misunderstood by common folk. Such lack of understanding is also prevalent in educational policy makers
Teachers and the Impact they have on Students
Hafsa Ahsan Sep 9, 2004 interacts: 8Each student will not have the same potential. Each will be challenged in some way. It is up to me, as a teacher, to find
2004: One Year Closer to Nineteen Eighty-four
Nima Shirali Sep 7, 2004 interacts: 64The only difference is that killing people by way of economic policies has a perpetual effect and the casualties are not counted.
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