Are Pakistani Taliban the ‘Khawarij’ of today?
· The psycho-analysis of groups such as the Pakistani Taliban or cults shows the very maniac nature of such people, their sects, groups or lashkars, all a manifestation of what we see nowadays in the...
View ArticleMuslim Children and Sex Education
Call for state funded Muslim schools with bilingual Muslim teachers Iftikhar Ahmad Muslim parents teach their children to respect their teachers. From a very young age, we are taught that Islam teaches...
View ArticleThe Phenomenology of Trilingualism in Punjab
by Mirza Athar Baig The meeting starts with all too familiar notes of welcome in English by the chair, the agenda is presented, discussion begins, grave matters are analyzed and considered opinions are...
View ArticleSome Soul Searching: Pakistani Nationalism and Schooling
· Pakistan comprises of four different linguistic patterns. We should adopt a medium for elementary education based on the language of that particular province. Mother tongue makes a kid to think...
View ArticleThe Pakistani Taliban’s War on School children
The main entrance to the International Islamic University in Islamabad: During the last week of October 2009, the university came under attack by 2 suicide bombers who detonated their vests at the...
View ArticlePakistan ruined by language myth
The language paradox in Pakistan has undermined our education standards. With no well-defined language as a medium of instruction policy, we have a fractured system that divides society. There is...
View ArticleAchievers despite heavy odds [1 of 3]
Mohsen Ali, who appeared as a private candidate in the B.A. exams held by the Punjab University, Lahore, and topped in the province belongs to a working class family and earned his livelihood for his...
View ArticleAchievers despite heavy odds [2 of 3]
Undeterred by excessive power outages and financial setbacks, a ‘tandoor’ boy namely Mohammad Mohsin Ali — a private candidate from Hafizabad district of the Punjab province — braved all odds to clinch...
View ArticleAchievers despite heavy odds [3 of 3]
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View ArticleMy Village School
· My Village School is an interesting story loaded with light humor. Its based on Ezaz-ul-Haq’s reminiscences of his boyhood days in the village school. Weaving together the happenings of his school...
View ArticleA Class of Her Own [1]
· As a 25-year-old Pakistani education advocate, Humaira Bachal started the Dream Foundation, a formal school currently enrolling 1200 students where children pay a rupee a day to attend classes....
View ArticleA Class of Her Own [2]
· “Their concept of women was four walls and purdah, says Bachal. To them women are naqis-ul-akl—of defective intelligence. My perspective on Islam was very different from theirs. In the time of the...
View ArticleDo you have the right marketing tools?
·· Internet- or online marketing refers to advertising and marketing efforts that use the Web and email to drive direct sales via electronic commerce, (in addition to sales leads from Web sites or...
View ArticleWhat is the most blatant lie taught through Pakistan text books ? [1 of 2]
· Teaching in Pakistan revolves around rote memorization—line by line, page by page—and the sole purpose of classes is to ensure rote learning for board exams, where the material is expected to be...
View ArticleWhat is the most blatant lie taught through Pakistan text books ? [2 of 2]
· It is time for us Pakistanis to rewrite our textbooks to give our learning generations a real, and a complete picture of history—no distortion—of events—happenings and individual character of...
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