opinion
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Textbooks for whom?
Dr Ayesha Razzaque
When development of the Single National Curriculum began with the express objective of “erasing class differences”, observers who pointed to the pitfalls of using education in yet another...
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Violence in Ethiopia
Graham Peebles
For generations Ethiopia has been governed by intolerant repressive dictatorships that have ignored human rights and ruled through fear. The current government came to power in 2018 on the back of...
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Setting national standards
Nadeem Iqbal
After a long haul, this month’s decision by the Council of Common Interest to have uniform food standards in the whole country might be a step in the right direction to evolve internationally...
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Public goods
Boaventura De Sousa Santos
The consensus is that the current pandemic will be with us for a long time to come. We will enter a period of intermittent outbreaks of Covid-19, whose precise characteristics are yet to be defined....
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Improving dairy
Dr Fauzia Waqar
Why is Pakistan not utilizing one of its most significant produce, available in abundant quantity, to increase its exports? Pakistan is the fourth largest milk producer globally, and the dairy...
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A new opportunity
Raashid Wali Janjua
The East and West apparently can for once meet in a symbiosis of values and material rewards. The idea is embodied in the East West Economic Corridor , an eponymous complement to CPEC, a small...
