The writer is Professor in the faculty of Liberal Arts at the Beaconhouse National University, Lahore
Torn between an uncertain past and a precarious present
Retrieving Jinnah from the shackles of the religious right
Are we trained to work harder, smarter and better?
A tone and tenor that smacks of simplistic solutions
Will Javid Iqbal’s wish remain a distant dream?
Despite existing on the margins, his thoughts shape the national discourse of this country
A detailed account of his political vision
While the Muslim sensibility looks for a utopia in the bygone era
The state’s obligation to provide basic education and the situation on ground
Moving to the margins of political landscape
Tracing the roots of conflict in subcontinent’s history
The overemphasis on science and technology among Pakistani academia
How the status of history is being lowered in the competitive exams
The predicament of public sector universities
The dissonance of Deobandis with the nation-state of Pakistan
And the problems it poses in a society of religious zealots
The commemoration of the 1965 War and the hysteria it generates
A citizen in name only
And the complexities in studying it
A practice that continues in one way or the other
