Replica PhDs, Ersatz Research
Qualitative Challenge for Pakistan’s Knowledge Economy The number of fake universities working in Pakistan mentioned in the HEC blacklist are now 185, were 24 in 2013 though. This shows our “progress” in this crucial sector as well. Although the Higher Education Commission closed 31 Ph.D. and 26 MPhil program in the different universities of Pakistan, […]
Is Punjab Education Foundation a Better Solution?
Failure of Public Education System “Education is a matter of life and death for Pakistan. The world is progressing so rapidly that without requisite advances in education, not only shall we be left behind others but may be wiped out altogether.” Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Recently, Pakistan celebrated its 70th Independence Day. How much development […]
Rice, Economy and Sustainability
Rice Productivity of Pakistan is very low among major rice producing countries of the globe merely due to such conventional and indigenous sowing techniques of rice cultivation which are not time and resource efficient. Lack of technology and innovative methods in our cultivating culture leads the farmers to spend more and get less return. Specifically, […]
The Dead Ummah
THE DEAD “UMMAH” In European Refuge Crisis It has been widely reported that since early last year, about one million refugees have entered the European Union via the sea from Turkey to Greece. With human-rights activists on the Greek island Lesbos chanting “Stop Deportations,” “EU, Shame on You” and “Freedom for the Refugees,” as many […]
Teacher??? My Girlfriend!!!
Sexual Assaults in Sacred Connections Infatuation, lust, madness or media; you may use these words in trying to justify the sexual relationship between a student and his/her teacher, but in no meaning of these words, you will be able to justify it. From our religious institutions to the high-fi private and public educational institutions, the […]
JOINT FAMILY SYSTEM IN PAKISTAN PART-2
Status, Issues and Solutions The Victim of this System Although female suffers a lot as she comes from a family who may have entirely different customs rules, she also sometimes gives up trying to maintain the peace in the household, but who pays for it? Yes, you guessed it right. The only person who has […]
JOINT FAMILY SYSTEM IN PAKISTAN Part-1
Status, Issues and Solutions In Pakistan, the very first question that is raised after knowing that a girl is getting married is always, “Is she going to a joint family or a nuclear family system?” Yes, because people in Pakistan consider this to be a really big issue not only for the husband and wife […]
Mobile not Electricity
The on-net off-grid population of the world will reach 138 million and people who access the internet only through their mobile phones will increase 56 fold from 14 million (2010) to 917 million (2016). We are talking about mobile phones in a world where almost half of the world population is living on less than […]
From Gulli Danda to Baseball
No South Asian is unaware of the famous rural game “Gulli Danda.” In the pleasant childhood, each of us either played or watched the game being played in the streets of our villages and cities. Traditionally, this game is played with two pieces of equipment – a danda, being a long wooden stick, and a […]
Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
Inertia, Denial and Incompetence Brief History: Higher Education Commission Pakistan (HEC) was established in 2002 with the aim of raising quality bar in higher education and for promoting educational research and development in the country. It was also given the task of implementing reforms in faculty development; promoting excellence in learning and research; developing leadership, […]