Pharmacy Education and Practice in Pakistan: Are They Affecting our Healthcare System
Zaheeruddin Babar Aug 30, 2005 interacts: 11In the last 5 years, there has been a rise in the number of pharmacy institutions in the country; currently about 17 universities are imparting
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....
Teaching and Research on India in Pakistan - A Conspicuous Absence
S A Zaidi Aug 17, 2004 interacts: 41One would have thought, that like other adversaries in the world India and Pakistan too, would have studied, researched, taught, understood and analyzed each other
Ten Myths about Ragging
Shivam Vij Jul 2, 2004 interacts: 37As another academic session comes near, one wonders why freshers have to take off their clothes to ‘know’ their seniors
Dilemma of Mixed Unions
Mohammad Gill Jan 25, 2006 interacts: 67The marriages in which there is absolutely no compromise and accommodation regarding the individuals’ religious backgrounds, culture and cultural practices, usually end up in acrimony,
My Harvard Reunion
Delhiwala Jul 2, 2005 interacts: 94There were people of all different colors and races in the Yard. This year South Americans had topped the list of foreign students, it used
Secularism, Positive Communalism and the Pluralist State
Sangeeta Mahapatra May 20, 2007 interacts: 114What form of secularism works in a pluralist state? Is it the one that bases itself in inclusiveness or that which is premised on insularity
Mainstream Textbooks and What They Teach
Omar R Quraishi Mar 13, 2004 interacts: 43Doesn’t the ministry of education and its curriculum wing have a responsibility to ensure that students in the country’s mainstream primary and secondary system of
Will the String Theory Tie Them All Together?
Mohammad Gill Jun 18, 2004 interacts: 10...It is a very strange research career, in a way. So far, I’ve spent something like 17 years working on a theory for which there
Perfidy, Qur’anic Apostasy or Hermeneutics?
Abdul Arif Dec 17, 2005 interacts: 95Is Quran meant for Arabs only? I came to the realization that indeed a religious text, infallible and immutable such as the Qur’an, is only
Ancient Pakistan
Tauheed Ahmed Jun 30, 2003 interacts: 72Which ancient civilization covered an area larger than Western Europe, lasted thousands of years, included 1,500 known towns and cities that shared common trade practices,
Linguistic Elitism
Anniqua Rana Apr 1, 2005 interacts: 41From immigrants learning English to assimilate into the culture of the majority, to the millions of English speakers worldwide, who learn the language to compete
Metaphysical Obfuscation in the Islamic World
Mohammad Gill Mar 16, 2004 interacts: 34The more meaningless a metaphysical description is, truer it seems.
Qaum Aur Mulk
Yasser Latif Hamdani May 29, 2000 interacts: 70Pakistan has to be essentially secular in order to survive.
Masters of Mimicry
Fazilat Thaver Nov 9, 1999 interacts: 53I could empathize with blue-eyed British girls called Kate ...
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
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