Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Dr Javaid Laghari
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has been in the eye of the storm on the fake degree issue of parliamentarians for the last two and a half year. There has been a lot of pressure on the HEC, including the Vice Chancellors (VC), ...

Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Dr Javaid Laghari
The higher education sector is the most important producer of knowledge. Models of economic growth have underscored the central role of knowledge accumulation to the GDP. The modern higher education sector, with its mix of ...

Monday, November 19, 2012
Dr Javaid Laghari
Recently the OIC Economic Forum was held in Istanbul under the auspices of the Capital Market Regulators Forum (COMCEC). The commerce, development and finance ministers of the 57 Islamic countries attended the forum, which was ...

Monday, May 21, 2012
Dr Javaid Laghari
Over the next two decades, South Asia will play an important role in the creation of a 21st century knowledge economy. With nearly 1.6 billion people, it is home to a quarter of the world’s population. One fifth of this population is ...

Saturday, January 14, 2012
Dr Javaid Laghari
Pakistan is undergoing a severe energy shortage. There is no gas or electricity. While there electricity load-shedding is shared between industry and domestic users, gas load-shedding is shared between industry, fertiliser plants, ...