USA VC reveals secrets about Pakistan’s education system on September 4, 2022Daily Times recently interviewed former minister for education and USA Vice Chancellor Mian Imran Masood during which he shared his educational vision and the downside of the education sector in Pakistan. He has explained the issues of our educational institutions, their failure in ranking highly, outdated syllabus, lack of quality and more. He also flaunts […]
An effort to elucidate history on August 25, 2022History is considered a complex topic that demands rigorous research and critical evaluation of facts as it enables us to understand contemporary problems more effectively. Unfortunately, no serious history has ever been written in Pakistan. If it’s written, it glorifies the rulers and those at the helm of power. Moreover, this deliberate distortion of historical […]
Punjab University comes a long way under Dr Niaz on August 5, 2022Vice-Chancellor University of the Punjab and Vice-Chairman Pakistan Engineering Council Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmed Akhtar says governance is the most serious of the four issues that the university faces. In an interview with the writer over a cup of tea in his office at the university, Dr Niaz said four to five VCs had been […]
Stakeholders warned fuel price hike to aggravate girls’ dropout from schools on July 1, 2022Expressing grave concern over the 2.2 million out of school children, with girls being the majority, experts have stressed on the implementation of Free and Compulsory Education Act and girls right to secondary education in Punjab. These thoughts were expressed in the consultation session on the Implementation of Free & Compulsory Primary Education Act and […]
Global drive against gender-based violence starts on November 29, 2021As the ’16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence’ campaign has kicked off across the globe, the Swedish embassy and UN Women Pakistan organized an event titled ‘2020 in retrospective – Celebrating Pledges Made to End Violence Against Women’. The Swedish Embassy and UN Women Pakistan have joined hands to eradicate violence against women in […]
Education system vs entrepreneurship on March 29, 2021“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” Entrepreneurs are essential for economic growth. Entrepreneurship can change our lifestyle and the way we work. If successful, their disruptive innovations may improve our standard of living, add to national income, create social change, help with community development and in addition to […]
Cartoon ghuspaith on February 8, 2021“Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, their models, the books they read and the speeches they hear” Animations and cartoons are the most interesting and swift mood of communication in kids but unfortunately we are not utilizing its benefits rather we are on a destructive path, Succeeding Bollywood movies […]
Social evils of 2021 on January 28, 2021“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything” What’s more popular than religion, more trustworthy than politicians and more addictive than cocaine? Answer is Social Media. Social media has become an integral part of the lives of all age groups.Today, you go online […]
The spy in your phone on January 15, 2021“We don’t need Spies anymore we have Apple and Google working for us”. Recently a debate has just popped up on national media regarding the new whatsapp privacy rules update. We as a nation carry a legacy to ignore the most important and focus on the least important issues, so is the case in this […]
2021: The next force on January 6, 2021How robotics and Artificial Intelligence will change our jobs! The time may have finally come for artificial intelligence (AI) after periods of hype. “[AI] is going to change the world more than anything in the history of mankind. More than electricity.” Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, humankind is on the brink of a technological revolution that will […]