There is a row gathering strength regarding a large number of allegedly fake degree-holders in parliament, who wish to contest ...(cont.)
Pakistan is on the brink of becoming a failed state. Rampant corruption, particularly by those who govern us, has brought us to ...(cont.)
With the growing world population having already crossed the seven-billion mark and with a much larger number of young persons ...(cont.)
In an article entitled “Let’s stop promoting corruption in Pakistani universities”, Mr Pervez Hoodbhoy, (The Express Tribun ...(cont.)
The real wealth of Pakistan lies in its youth. About 90 million people or roughly half the population is below the age of 18. T ...(cont.)
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) was saved from being brutally mauled and its autonomy shattered by wise and timely interv ...(cont.)
The present alarming state of affairs of our economy is directly connected with the presence and actions of dozens of ‘honourab ...(cont.)
In today’s world, nations are not built just by investing in brick and mortar in roads and bridges, in dams and powerhouses but ...(cont.)
In order for Pakistan to emerge from its present quagmire of poverty, hunger, deprivation, joblessness and foreign debt, it nee ...(cont.)
Pakistan is on the verge of bankruptcy and the only way out of this quagmire is for our leaders to revise national policies dra ...(cont.)
In Pakistan, we have witnessed the complete failure of democracy, so much so that many now doubt if the country can survive if ...(cont.)
The single most important factor in determining the quality of education in universities is the quality of faculty members. Thi ...(cont.)
It took two years of hard work to persuade 35 universities in seven countries to set up seven world-class foreign universities ...(cont.)
We embarked on an ambitious plan to set up seven world-class foreign universities, all in the engineering sciences, in collabor ...(cont.)
Engineering represents the backbone of any country aspiring to migrate to a knowledge economy. The strengthening of engineering ...(cont.)
There is an impending disaster looming in front of us (something also mentioned in a recent editorial in this newspaper on the ...(cont.)