Faisal Bari

Merging for what?

The concern is that if the government is thinking of cutting costs through the merger, we might even lose the functionality levels we currently have. Updated 16 May, 2024 09:14am

Education emergency

The current situation is the result of the choices that we have made and are still making. Updated 10 May, 2024 09:08am

‘This is Pakistan…’

How is asking for quality in work an issue of citizenship? Published 26 Apr, 2024 06:55am

Support for boys

For many low-income homes keeping a male child in school has a significant opportunity cost. Published 29 Mar, 2024 07:26am

Punjabi in schools

Teaching in Punjabi in the early years makes sense for large areas in the province. Updated 15 Mar, 2024 09:26am

NON-FICTION: HOW WE GOT HERE

A comparable development story of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh and sectoral data and analysis can be very useful for those who Published 03 Mar, 2024 08:45am

Karachi diary

If govts could focus a bit more on infrastructure and transportation, the heart of Pakistan would be able to pump a lot more life and activity. Updated 01 Mar, 2024 10:05am

New realities

Is the descent into fascism inevitable? One hopes not. Updated 16 Feb, 2024 10:24am

Education and manifestos

The promise to raise education expenditure to 4-5pc of GDP is an old one. Updated 02 Feb, 2024 10:30am

NON-FICTION: INTERSECTIONS OF POWER AND TECHNOLOGY

A well-argued new book casts an expansive look at the history of technological development and argues that whether technology ends Published 21 Jan, 2024 09:51am

AI in education

If artificial intelligence delivers on its promise, it will change the education sector significantly. Updated 19 Jan, 2024 10:57am

State-backed impunity

The abuse of power is hard to stop or rectify. Updated 05 Jan, 2024 09:11am

Tourism and mindset

The security lens for looking at everyone who comes to Pakistan will need to change. Published 22 Dec, 2023 06:49am

Mathematics and science

Basic science education, the backbone of any applied work, needs state support and patronage. Published 08 Dec, 2023 07:01am

Fiction: THE SUN SETS ON THE CITY

An experimental and innovative debut Urdu novel from Osama Siddique delves into the political Published 03 Dec, 2023 07:18am

Facing the abyss

The tragedy is that we do not even realise what we have done to ourselves. Updated 24 Nov, 2023 08:55am

The tuition market

Private tuitions make the education field even more uneven. Published 10 Nov, 2023 08:04am

Taxing times

What does the state want to do? Kill the salaried? Updated 27 Oct, 2023 09:29am

Teaching and gender

Low-fee private schools pay female teachers far below the minimum wage. Published 13 Oct, 2023 06:58am

NON-FICTION: HOW WE GOT HERE AND HOW DO WE GET OUT?

Dr Ishrat Husain’s hefty tome of collected writings primarily looks at the reasons of Pakistan’s recurring economic quagmire and.. Published 01 Oct, 2023 06:53am