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Life Goes On in Pakistan

The world media are focusing on scores of deadly terrorist attacks in the last four weeks claiming over 300 innocent lives in Pakistani cities, and tracking the military's counterinsurgency campaign unfolding in South Waziristan. However, the Pakistani blogosphere is buzzing with… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on November 12, 2009 at 5:02pm — No Comments

Comparing India, Pakistan by Roti, Kapda Aur Makan

There is nothing more basic in terms of human necessities than the adequate availability of roti, kapra aur makaan. Going beyond these bare essentials of food, clothing and housing, one can add sanitation, health care and education. Let's examine how the two biggest nations in South Asia are coping with such fundamental necessities of their population:… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on October 12, 2009 at 10:06pm — No Comments

Pakistan's NUST Ranked Among Top 400 Universities

The latest edition of the world's top universities from The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) has few surprises in 2009. The top 10 Universities are: Harvard (US), Cambridge (UK), Yale(US), UCL, London (UK), Imperial College, London and Oxford (both UK, joint 5), Chicago (US), Princeton (US), MIT, Massachusetts (US) and California Institute of Technology (US). As always, the top of the list is dominated by American and British Universities this year, together making up about 40% of the en… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on October 10, 2009 at 1:45pm — No Comments

South Asia's Slow Pace of Human Development

In spite of the fact that Pakistan's Human Development Index (HDI) has risen by 1.30 percent per year from 0.402 to 0.572 during 1980-2007 period, and it has accelerated to 1.9% increase since 2000 when it was reported to be 0.499, its progress is not yet sufficient to improve the nation's ranking relative to other countries in regions like East Asia, which have been moving considerably faster. Pakistan's index… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on October 8, 2009 at 10:54am — No Comments

More on Quality of Higher Education in India and Pakistan

A recent Chowk.com article titled "Indian Technical Recession", written by Sharad Chandra, asks the following basic question about the quality of engineering education in India: "So why Indian engineering education system is not capable of producing quality engineers for the country?" Then the author goes on to answer his own question as follows: "One of the primary answers lies in the fact tha… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on September 21, 2009 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

Reforming Higher Education in Pakistan

Here's an editorial opinion published in Nature Magazine on the status of Pakistan's Higher Education Reform initiated under President Pervez Musharraf in 2002: Massive funding for Pakistan's ailing universities holds many lessons for other developing nations. Eight years ago, a task force advising Pakistan's former military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, laid out a bold plan to revitalize the country's moribund research… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on September 4, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Quality of Higher Education in India and Pakistan

A few top-tier Indian schools, such as the elite Indian Institutes of Technol… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on September 3, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Pakistan Starts Drones Production at Kamra

At a ceremony held at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), Kamra, last Thursday, Air Marshal Farhat Hussain Khan, the chairman of the PAC board, announced the launch of Falco UAV production in Pakistan in collaboration with Selex Galileo of Italy. Speaking on the occasion, the Air Marshal said the UAV co-production facility was a major step towards the long-term goal of… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on August 28, 2009 at 4:45pm — No Comments

Karachi Monsoon 2009

Arrival in Karachi… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on August 5, 2009 at 8:47am — No Comments

Science, Discovery and Daydreams

Much is often made of logic,… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on June 22, 2009 at 9:14pm — No Comments

Obama, Great Discoveries and the Muslim World

Speaking to the Muslim world from Cairo recently, President Barack Hussein Obama talked about the contribution of Islamic civilization to the world of science and discovery. He said, “As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam. It was Islam — at places like Al-Azhar University — that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe’s Renaissance and Enlightenmen… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on June 10, 2009 at 10:02pm — No Comments

Silicon Valley's Pakistani-Americans Support Pakistan's Human Development

The Human Development Foundation… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on June 1, 2009 at 12:49pm — No Comments

Young Pakistanis Organize Volunteer Effort Via Facebook

Alongside the usual negative and depressing coverage about Pakistan that fills the electronic media and newsprint in the West these days, I am really happy to see a rare but hopeful and inspiring story from Lahore about public service and volunteerism in today's New York Times. The youth group epitomizes what it means to be a… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on May 20, 2009 at 8:50am — No Comments

Loose WMDs in Pakistan?

"Imagine if the (swine flu) spread were intentional, not natural, and the virus’ lethality ha… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on May 16, 2009 at 9:50pm — No Comments

Shakti Solar Model to Empower Pakistani Villagers

Reliable 24X7 availability of electricity is taken for granted in most of the developed world. Whenever consumers plug their favorite gadgets into the wall socket, it is assumed that the power will be there. Everyone has access to it. Electrical power outages are extremely rare. Electricity empowers consumers by enhancing their lives through better learning and entertainment, higher productivity and income, greater comfort, increased safety, superior health, and improved economy. People in the… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on May 12, 2009 at 7:23pm — No Comments

Social Entrepreneurs in South Asia

Understanding the need to design for extreme affordability is giving birth to a new generation of entrepreneurs. These are entrepreneurs with a social conscience who are motivated by the desire to do good and do well at the same time. They are finding new ways to empower the poor by satisfying their basic needs for safe water and electricity in emerging markets. According to Wikipedia definition, a social entrepreneur is someone… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on April 6, 2009 at 7:08pm — No Comments

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