Extremism at Pakistan’s education institutions on January 4, 2018As per common belief, extremism and terrorism stem from the cradle of ignorance, poverty and unemployment. The people involved in terrorism are thought to be students of traditional religious seminaries deprived of modern education. They perpetrate violent acts, indoctrinate and recruit underage radicalized youth through concocted stories and misinterpretation of religion. The situation in world […]
Extremism at Pakistans education institutions on September 14, 2017 As per common belief, extremism and terrorism stem from the cradle of ignorance, poverty and unemployment. The people involved in terrorism are thought to be students of traditional religious seminaries deprived of modern education. They perpetrate violent acts, indoctrinate and recruit underage radicalized youth through concocted stories and misinterpretation of religion. The situation in […]
Slow but steady education reforms in Sindh on June 29, 2016 If there is one point that educationists in Pakistan are united on, it is the fact that Sindh and Balochistan have slowly and steadily moved to finally embrace educational reforms. Since many years, the Annual Status of Education Report has consistently shown that both Sindh and Balochistan have the worst school infrastructure, enrollment and […]
Afghan security forces on May 6, 2012Sir: What the Afghan security forces are capable of needs to be viewed in the post-troop withdrawal scenario. It is only fair to lionise the accomplishments of new trainees who have had very little to their credit so far, but drawing skewed parallels is hardly fair. It is great that the Afghan forces could manage […]