SCHOOLS OF EMINENCE: BEYOND THE NAMEPLATES, INTO THE CLASSROOMS
Punjab’s ambitious promise of free, quality education must now be examined through the experiences of its principals, teachers, parents and children. The real test of eminence is not…
The Public Purview
Tazeem Hejazi
PAKISTAN NEW PROVINCES
No new names needed- Retain the Historic Names that Form the Bases of PAKISTAN It was just after Fajr prayer. Two steaming mugs…
HERE’S A NEW HUSTLER IN THE GLOBAL ARENA: GADI EISENKOT
At Jinnah Park, F-9, Islamabad, the mustard-coloured Volkswagen Foxy, was waiting. BāBā-Tāl, my wandering dervish and philosophical companion, had just returned from Tiberias, Israel.…
DEMOCRACY FAVOURS DEMOCRATS: HISTORIC BLUE WAVE FLIPS SENATE AND HOUSE
■ BāBā-Tāl’s Whispered Wisdom: The God of Democracy versus the Jinn of Democracy ■ The moment I came out of the kitchenette at my…
THE OCEAN OF SPIT- 260 MILLION PAKISTANIS AND THE PRICE OF SPITTING ON THE MOTHER-STATE
The words spoken in Parliament do not disappear when the microphones are switched off. They travel beyond the walls of the assembly, enter drawing…
A STADIUM FOR THE PEOPLE, A GYMKHANA FOR THE CITY
■Development Must Expand Public Facilities, Not Replace Them with Privileges for the Few■ “Bacha!” BāBā-Tāl, my tall, thin, ever-watchful guide, entered the Eyrie, my…
CLEAN PAKISTAN BEGINS AT OUR DOORSTEPS
■An old Sukkur experiment, a new opportunity, and a shared national responsibility■ “Bacha! What happened to your Clean City scheme in Sukkur?” BāBā-Tāl [the…
THE MANTLE OF REVERENCE AND THE SEEDS OF CHAOS: Why True Leadership Cannot Be Implanted From Above
From the high vantage of my Eyrie, the eagle’s nest perched atop the F-10 Markaz plaza, the city looked like a world preparing to…
MEDIATOR OF DECADES-A Man in Uniform, a Diplomat in a Tuxedo
There were photographs on the table in my Eyrie—the Eagle’s Nest, my rooftop studio apartment at F-10 Markaz, Islamabad. Two of them held my…
WHO REALLY WANTS THE WAKHAN CORRIDOR
Beyond the rumours of annexation lies a larger question: can Pakistan turn geography into opportunity without turning a neighbour’s territory into a battlefield of…