Pakistani women in science: myth and reality — II on March 1, 2018I had a brilliant female student who got a DAAD scholarship to do her PhD in Germany. However, her parents would not let her leave unmarried. She was ‘married off’ to a man who was neither brilliant nor well educated. When I saw her in Germany, she had become a mother. She used to get […]
Pakistani women in science: myth and reality — I on February 28, 2018There have been many articles written on ‘Women in Science’, since the February 11, 2018, which had been designated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by the UN. One article, written by GeoTech Engineer Ramia Qureshi, Founder and CEO of Women Engineers Pakistan, appeared in The News International on that day. It […]
The squirrel and I on June 8, 2016It turned out to be a real crisis. A squirrel had sneaked into the house. Nothing worked, as we tried to lure her out of the door, with threatening gestures and food baits. She ran around merrily, and then sat unmoved as if she knew the law. We could not touch her. Leaving her alone […]
Open letter to Mr Ban Ki Moon on February 13, 2015Dear secretary general of the UN, The UN and the European Union have expressed great concern about the decision of Pakistan to rescind the moratorium on the death penalty. Some of us feel that perhaps they do not fully grasp the reality of the situation in Pakistan. With your permission, I would like to set […]