Fixing Coffee Tariffs
The industry doesn’t need special subsidies or fancy schemes. Just fix the tariff structure. Because what’s brewing in Pakistan right now isn’t just coffee-it’s potential.
When Public Servants Pollute the Public’s Air
a society, we have come to accept dysfunction as the norm. Public service in Pakistan appears to be disconnected from the idea of accountability, and citizens are too often resigned to helplessness or apathy.
Pervasive Moral Decadence
People no longer care about violence, discrimination, harassment, or conflicts. They are just too busy doing their everyday work to show their commitment or try to defend higher moral ideals.
A Gentler World
Now is the time to reconstruct the idea of school as a sanctuary, where children are protected and given the space and support to learn, explore their best selves and express ideas with confidence.
A Case for Bilingual Legislation
This is not merely a reform. It is a reclamation – of voice, of dignity, and of the right to understand and shape the laws that govern us. In the words of a very recent judgment of the Indian Supreme Court “Let us make friends with Urdu…”
Studying Humanities
New career pathways can open up for humanities students if they have a strong base in philosophy, history, literature, education, art and culture.
Will to Self-Destruct
A mob passes through no phases to self-destruct; there is no contemplation, a forethought, preparation; the reactions are impulsively, emotionally and sentimentally inspired, leading to temporary insanity.
It Takes a Whole Village to Raise a Child
Many tech executives keep their children away from digital screen. It suggests that ‘they don’t think the benefits always outweigh the risks.’
A Lost Nobility
The nationalisation of educational institutions did make education available to the Awam at no or low cost. In the long run, however, it began to gnaw at the quality of education, largely due to a massive decline in the quality of teachers.
A State that Took Over Society
You can bring the rich to the level of the poor overnight but it takes a lifetime to lift the poor to the level of the rich. [Irish proverb] During the 1970s, Pakistan went in for wholesale nationalization of its private enterprises, taking even educational institutions into the state’s hands. This was a move laden […]