By Yasir Hussain

Recently, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to New Delhi after quick travel to five countries to seek help for its membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). A New York Times editorial spoiled the show by declaring that India’s NSG membership did “not [have] merit” until the country meets the group’s standards. India […]

On May 28, 1998, Pakistan successfully detonated five nuclear devices in the barren wastes of Chagai in Balochistan as response to a series of nuclear test explosions by India on May 11 and 13, the same year. Since then, Pakistan remembers this day as Youm-e-Takbeer, which means the day of greatness. As a result of […]

In a developing country like Pakistan, where only 2.5 percent of GDP is spent on education, ranking lower than 156 countries, the decision for educators in choosing the profession is a hard choice. The great bulk of teachers is disadvantaged and has no opportunities to widen their teaching horizons by exploring other avenues. Critical consciousness […]

The post Zarb-e-Azab narrative and the ISPR-sponsored song Hamay Dushman Ke Bachon Ko Parhana Hai (We have to teach enemies’ children) are ignoring the writing on the wall. We might need to shift our attention to ‘fixing’ our education rather than spreading it to every corner of the country. We need to humanise education first […]

In today’s world of barbarism and rampant ignorance, our teachers have a tough task ahead of them: the task of humanising our future generation. Teaching is an “ontological vocation” as Paulo Freire, the revolutionary critical educationist, put it. This means the “work of becoming and being”. Since Freire considered the role of an educator to […]