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.
The latest news from America must have thrilled many: Pakistan probably has more nuclear weapons than India. A recent Washington Post article, quoting various nuclear experts,…
On January 4, Salman Taseer, governor of Pakistan’s largest province, was gunned down by his own security guard, Mumtaz Qadri. Salman Taseer…
Vocal as they are about being bombed from the sky, most Pakistanis – including many on the Left – suddenly lose their…
Comstech is the Organization of Islamic Countries' highest scientific body. It has received millions of dollars from OIC countries, including Pakistan. Comstech's…
Physicist, film-maker and leading public citizen in Pakistan, Pervez Hoodboy is recounting how Pakistanis, “across the board,” came to hate intrusive America long before…
Upset by drastic budget cuts imposed by the finance ministry, the vice-chancellors of 71 public sector universities are threatening to resign en-bloc.…
Israel’s premeditated murder of the Mavi Marmara’s peace activists could become the turning point for the Palestinian struggle. Or, if the wrong…
The man who tried to set off a car bomb in Times Square was a Pakistani. Why is this unsurprising? Answer:…
Hear ye, Counterpunch readers! The victory of Native Orientalists – the ones which the late Edward Said had warned us about –…
Inseparable by geography, Pakistan and India are Siamese twins that have emerged together from the womb of history. For better or for…
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