Pervez Hoodbhoy is professor of physics at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. He is the editor of Education And The State - Fifty Years of Pakistan, published by Oxford University Press in 1997.
I WAS invited to lecture on āLife, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness in the Age of Global Terrorismā at Missouri State…
The way forward lies in building a sustainable and active democracy, an economy for peace rather than war
Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy is a prominent Pakistani nuclear physicist, essayist and defense analyst. In 2011, he was included on the list of…
Last week, a workshop titled āJinns and Black Magicā was organised in Islamabad by the department of humanities at the COMSATS Institute…
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The once hapless mullah is no longer interested in playing second fiddle. Instead he is intent on seizing control from his former masters
Anxious to please Israel, and keep reaping the 50-year old oil bonanza, the United States and Europe have closed their eyes to Saudi crimes
There is gloom in the capitals of Washingtonās two closest allies ā Israel and Saudi Arabia
International jihad, in part created and supervised by the U.S. to undermine the Soviet Union, has exacerbated divisions that are fuelling bloodshed
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