Mother tongue or English: it is not a zero-sum game on August 11, 2011Among other things, the recent deliberations on education reform in Pakistan at Harvard University have again underscored the need for a dialogue on language and learning in Pakistan. Dr Faisal Bari recently observed that the very different points of view on this issue meant that it did not figure in the ‘consensus document’ issued at […]
Of law and justice on January 17, 2011The tragic murder of the Governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer, in broad daylight in Pakistan’s capital is testimony to the profound crisis that envelops us now both as state as well as society. Murder in cold blood by a guard who thought that in doing so he was serving the cause of Islam is also […]
Another turning point on November 30, 2007It has been a busy few days for President and former General Pervez Musharraf. He has announced December 16 as the date for the lifting of Emergency and the rescinding of the PCO. Earlier he finally dispensed with the uniform and passed on the baton of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) to General Ashfaq Pervez […]