‘R’ is for revision Choice of vision is crucial at the institutional level. Published 13 Nov, 2025 07:20am
Ignoble thoughts Individual brilliance can’t make up for uninspired leadership. Published 17 Oct, 2025 05:20am
Language and learning We have located the learning window too high in the wall — the vast majority cannot reach it. Published 16 Aug, 2025 07:13am
Expendable lives Countless lives have been expended in ‘higher’ causes. Published 01 Jul, 2025 05:00am
Writing on the wall Oppressive rule reinforces popular resentment that cannot be suppressed forever. Published 25 Jan, 2025 07:03am
Nasty outcomes The bottom line is that the modern democratic experiment is in deep trouble. Published 07 Jan, 2025 07:53am
Polls: what for and why? Elections in Pakistan are like the gladiator contests of Rome. Updated 10 Nov, 2023 08:57am
Revisiting Javed Akhtar If we believe Javed Akhtar to be wrong we can debate and argue as Faiz would have wanted us to. Published 17 Mar, 2023 07:40am
The redistribution of wealth It is important to take our heads out of the sand before it is too late. Updated 25 Feb, 2023 09:00am
Local government: a reality check If citizens are not clamouring for LG, would it work or what might it morph into instead? Published 13 Feb, 2023 07:13am
What is to be done? The impoverishment of citizens has cascading downstream effects. Published 03 Feb, 2023 07:56am
Debt: a longer view Former colonies have been kept economically captive, serving the same purpose in the global economy as they did before... Published 13 Jan, 2023 07:46am
Where are we headed? A failing country cannot expect an external power to take over and reorganise it better. Updated 24 Dec, 2022 08:39am
Getting out of the mess Any extension of the status quo will reduce Pakistan to rubble. Updated 20 Nov, 2022 08:48am
PIA’s revealing story Education in Pakistan continues to hurtle in the direction of morality, contrary to the trend in almost every other country. Updated 21 Oct, 2022 08:22am
‘Cancel my debt, I’m flooded’ Even if conceded, why should reparations take the form of debt cancellation? Updated 13 Oct, 2022 09:25am
