By Zubeida Mustafa
THE deluge in Pakistan has devastated Sindh, Balochistan and parts of Punjab. The accounts that have been pouring in are overwhelming. It is beyond my imagination to even visualise the magnitude of the tragedy.
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IMRAN Khan warned the nation he would be even more menacing in political opposition than in office as the incumbent PM. That seems true: But menacing to what? Possibly to things other than he intends. There is cause for alarm in the way Imran Khan is responding to personal and political challenges to his determining national destiny. We draw in our breath at the crowds the former PM attracts at his jalsas despite having failed to get the numbers required to defeat a vote of no confidence moved in 2018’s electorally mandated Parliament a few months ago. His personal political popularity appears to have increased on the streets. What does this signify about the PTI’s role in Pakistan’s parliamentary democracy?
Continue reading Worse and WorseBy Zubeida Mustafa
WILL Ali Akbar Hashmi’s hard-hitting speech in the National Assembly on Independence Day cause our parliamentarians to rethink education in Pakistan? Hashmi is a student who shed light on the plight of out-of-school children living in poverty.
Continue reading Why de-school?کالم: زبیدہ مصطفیٰ
جس ملک میں 70 سے زیادہ زبانیں بولی جاتی ہوں اور 75 برس میں اس کے حکمران یہ فیصلہ نہ کر پائیں کہ بچوں کو کس زبان میں پڑھایا جائے تو اس ملک کے نظام تعلیم میں بہت سی خامیاں پیدا ہو جاتی ہیں اور پاکستان کا بھی یہی حال ہے۔
Continue reading پاکستان کے نظام تعلیم میں زبان کی افسوس ناک کہانیBy Zubeida Mustafa
IN South Asia’s patriarchal societies, writings by women giving their perspective on sociopolitical issues in the early 20th century are not easily available. Diaries are even rarer. Happily, we now have a valuable addition to this genre. It is a diary introducing us to the views of a 24-year-old woman from Hyderabad Deccan, who went to England for further studies. It was my privilege to have a trained preforming artist, Shama Askari, read it out to me.
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