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 common belief in Pakistan is that Islamic radicalism is a problem only in FATA, and that madrassas are the only institutions…
SUSPICION has now turned into confirmed fact: India’s hydrogen bomb test of May 1998 was not the fantastic success it was claimed…
[Contribution to the Reimagining Society Project hosted by ZCommunications] t is both healthy and necessary for the Left to keep seeking new…
(Dawn, 20 June, 2009) — Now that the army has turned serious, Baitullah Mehsud cannot expect to stroll down Constitution Avenue any…
First, the bottom line: Pakistan will not break up; there will not be another military coup; the Taliban will not seize the…
The QAU physics faculty and students took a bus of relief supplies to areas around Mardan for refugees from Swat, Buner, Dir.…
FOR 20 years or more, a few of us in Pakistan have been desperately sending out SOS messages, warning of terrible times…
Rumor has it that the World Bank is on its way back to Pakistan with a bagful of loans, together with plans…
(This interview of Pervez Hoodbhoy was conducted by Cristina Otten for FOCUS. It may be found on-line in German here. A more…
‘Alif’ is for Allah ‘Bay’ is for bundooq (gun) ‘Hay’ is for hijab ‘Jeem’ is for jihad ‘Tay’ is for takrao (collision)…
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