The writer has been associated with the education sector since 1990 as teacher, teacher educator, project manager, monitor and evaluator.
Aslam Azhar, the father of PTV, has left Pakistan bereft of another sane voice; a voice that was sonorous and resounding
The latest issue of Conflict & Peace Studies presents useful recommendations that ought to be taken seriously
An Israeli peace crusader, Yossi Sarid, calls it a day after waging a long battle against Israeli aggression
A trip that began with pleasant walks in the streets of Kabul -- discovering Rudaki and Shabistari on the pavements along with philosophers such as...
The recently-released report on child marriages gives some good recommendations but fails to impress on many other accounts
Considering the immensity and impact of migration on humankind in the 20th century, there is relative paucity of films on the subject
The election results in Bihar and Burma can stem the flow of religious extremism in the region
There is hardly any project in the education sector that pins down poverty as the root cause of massive dropouts and tries to solve it. Alif Ailan...
None of the early amendments to the constitution was to grant more democratic rights to people. The aim of these amendments was to curtail judicial...
A peek into history to understand how and why National Awami Party was persecuted and banned
Unfulfilled aspirations of masses and ‘cultural hegemony’ of the ruling classes engender aggression in society
Locating the weapons of mass frustration and aggression in society?
Ata Turab’s poetry stays with you and when you come back to it, it will say more to you than it did the first time
From a two-room school in a Sindhi village to the pinnacle of education, a step by step account of Ibrahim Joyo’s educational journey
Abdul Kalam’s life and work should be seen in the mirror at least two other Muslim presidents of India have left their reflections -- Dr Zakir...
From 1947 to 1955, 22 provincial cabinets were dismissed or forced to resign sparking off the centre-province antagonism that shattered the dream of...
From doctrine of necessity to basic structure of constitution, the challenges the nation faced 60 years ago still haunt us one way or the other
A historical overview of the Great Charter seen through the prism of literature and films, and looking at today’s Pakistan in that context
If there is no coup in Pakistan for the next 15 years, one might hope that around 2030, Pakistan may stand where Turkey is right now. Otherwise, an...
A historical perspective of how the power struggle in Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan transformed the social fabric in these majority-Muslim societies
