The writer is Professor in the faculty of Liberal Arts at the Beaconhouse National University, Lahore
O ath-taking signifies a solemn pledge or appeal to divinity. It has long been a familiar expression of truth, loyalty and moral obligation....
Donald Trump’s rise to political power and his presidency represent a profound disruption of traditional models of leadership. His campaign...
“His behavior… is completely solipsistic. He sees the world through his own sense of self… and he couldn’t be more erratic or scattered or...
Hannah Arendt’s insight into the psychology of obedience finds deep resonance—and some challenge—in the work of social psychologists who have...
T he measure of a civilisation is not the expanse of its empires, the height of its monuments or the sophistication of its technology....
Human history is full of formal pledges to equality, rights and rule of law. However, the lived reality has typically been the opposite: exceptions,...
Hamas is being read largely from the prism of Israel . Historical context that enabled the rise of Hamas is starkly missing when those sitting in...
W ho really shaped the way you think? The story begins with Edward Bernays, Freud’s nephew and the master craftsman of persuasion. Bernays...
Has democracy exhausted its potential? That uncomfortable question haunts political thinkers across the world today. What was once celebrated as the...
It apparently began with disagreement over a perk. Lawmakers in Jakarta, already widely distrusted, had approved a new monthly housing allowance —...
I n the early 17th Century, as monsoon waters swelled the Chenab River, the city of Multan faced a flood that could have wiped it from the...
Walter Benjamin’s Theses on the Philosophy of History is a dense, poetic critique of both traditional historicism and orthodox Marxism, written...
In an age that loudly celebrates merit, education and rational thinking, it is paradoxical—perhaps tragic—that the truly intelligent often find...
In the annals of dystopian literature, two names stand as towering sentinels of warning: George Orwell and Aldous Huxley. Their visions, often...
I n an age when development is charted through graphs, forecasts and statistics, the dominance of quantifiability as the cornerstone of...
The policy aims at promoting functional literacy in ICT, English and entrepreneurship, but stops short of fostering intellectual autonomy. Developed...
Education Policy : a critical overview — I
Programme learning outcomes, while appropriately framed, remain general and lack measurable academic benchmarks. Internationally, learning...
The recently revised history degree programmes, developed by a team of historians under the guidance of the Higher Education Commission, aim to...
