Stories by Dr Muhammad Ali Shaikh
A compilation of declassified reports by three British governors of Sindh between 1937 and 1947 offers a treasure trove
Updated 15 Dec, 2025 03:40pm
With a coastline running almost 1,000 kilometres and a maritime zone larger than three of its provinces, Pakistan possesses a
Published 21 Sep, 2025 05:40am
While the transatlantic slave trade dominates global memory, few know that Karachi was once a thriving hub for ‘black ivory.’
Published 17 Aug, 2025 06:57am
As Pakistan and China mark a decade of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, a Pakistani scholars’ visit to China helps its...
Published 29 Jun, 2025 11:01am
While China has lifted nearly 800 million people out of poverty in the last seven decades, Pakistan’s poverty rate remains a
Published 18 May, 2025 07:52am
Pakistan’s higher education remains mired in political interference, the latest example of it being the attempt to induct
Published 30 Mar, 2025 05:50am
A second edition of a book with an additional article delves into the prickly issues surrounding the state of Pakistan, in...
Published 09 Feb, 2025 10:01am
With the opening of the lofty Karakoram Highway in the 1970s and its later co-option into the ambitious CPEC project, Pakistan
Published 01 Dec, 2024 08:00am
In their early years, Pakistan and China had rather similar literacy levels. But while China’s education system has flourished
Published 27 Oct, 2024 09:24am
Stopping federal annual grants to provincially chartered universities is an ill-advised move.
Updated 03 Jun, 2024 09:07am
A lot has been said and written in Pakistan about the China Pakistan Economic Corridor and its transformative potential. But how
Published 02 Jun, 2024 07:51am
Aside from its economic and commercial potential for Pakistan, the port city of Gwadar has great strategic value, which
Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:31am
The Pak China Economic Corridor is considered the flagship of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. It has the potential for rem
Published 18 Feb, 2024 07:20am
A stimulating book takes on the fallacies and flawed philosophies propounded by Pakistan’s elite in order to retain power over
Published 07 Jan, 2024 07:14am
A book born out of an intellectual debate about the history of Pakistan grapples with questions about the country’s genesis...
Published 26 Nov, 2023 09:17am
A career in the Pakistan Civil Service was once considered prestigious, but political and military interference and not keeping up
Published 29 Oct, 2023 07:03am
Many developing countries, which were far behind Pakistan decades ago, are now emerging as regional hubs of higher education.
Updated 01 Oct, 2023 02:15pm
A new book is a treasure of information on the historiographic literature produced during the mediaeval and Mughal period in Sindh
Published 06 Aug, 2023 09:05am
Although Pakistan became the first country in South Asia to enact Right To Information laws, its progress on them and its...
Published 09 Jul, 2023 08:15am
As Benazir Bhutto’s 70th birth anniversary approaches on June 21, Zahid Hussain’s book of interviews with the late former prime...
Published 18 Jun, 2023 07:09am
