Graveyards of talent on January 13, 2022While delivering a lecture titled: “What are universities for?” at a European University Association Convention in 2009, Geoffrey Boulton, Vice-Principal of the University of Edinburgh, rightly said: “Changing a university is like moving a graveyard, you get no help from the people inside.” This implies that the analogy between reforming a university and moving a […]
The other side of the picture on July 26, 2021There is no denying the fact that female students and faculty members are harassed in academic institutions across the country as is evidenced from the rising number of reported cases (though a majority of the cases go unreported). This is quite alarming and has received attention from various circles including women organisations, civil society, media […]
Ignoring merit, promoting incompetency on May 12, 2021Misuse of power in academic institutions is pervasive. Most of the competent, skilled, and foreign-qualified faculty members face this issue as they try to serve in our institutes of higher education. Sadly, their complaints to address these unwanted issues go unheard. Highly-spirited new faculty entrants—after having completed their doctoral studies at foreign universities, presenting their […]
Islamisation of Land Reforms in Pakistan on July 9, 2020In an agrarian society, possession of land means pervasive and extensive control over people, especially those who directly depend on land either for their livelihood or to access the state apparatus. Those who do not own land are relegated to an inferior economic, social, and political status. In short, land becomes a ‘bundle of rights’ […]