Tag: Pervez Hoodbhoy Articles
What should Imran Khan do? By Pervez Hoodbhoy
PRIME MINISTER Imran Khan says he wants a welfare state like that of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in the seventh century. Many Pakistanis want...
Learning from Afghanistan By Pervez Hoodbhoy
WHAT did Afghan kids study after Mullah Omar’s Taliban were ousted in 2001? What was their school curriculum and, most importantly, how does it...
Extremists targeting extremists By Pervez Hoodbhoy
THE Taliban are puppets of the Americans and the ‘Western crusader’ because they met CIA and US officials! There can’t be a wackier, stupider...
A reformed Taliban? By Pervez Hoodbhoy
AFTER capturing Kabul the Taliban want to be seen as rulers rather than just as a religious militia. Eager to secure legitimacy — internationally...
Who messed up Afghanistan? By Pervez Hoodbhoy
IN his latest interview to PBS NewsHour, Prime Minister Khan correctly said the US “really messed it up in Afghanistan” and he also...
What to learn from China? By Pervez Hoodbhoy
WHEN Prime Minister Imran Khan categorically endorsed China’s line on Uighur Muslims he succumbed to political expediency: “Because of our extreme proximity and relationship...
Cost of enforced modesty By Pervez Hoodbhoy
IMPLEMENTATION of the PTI’s Single National Curriculum has started in Islamabad’s schools and for students the human body is to become a dark mystery,...
Exempt from accountability? By Pervez Hoodbhoy
WHEN he struggled from atop his container to become prime minister, Imran Khan promised that all who handle public funds would be held accountable....
Burning sofas in Islamabad By Pervez Hoodbhoy
A BAD joke or fake news? A report I had just read said Maulana Abdul Aziz (of Lal Masjid fame) had deliberately set fire...
Cheating on online exams By Pervez Hoodbhoy
COVID-19 has made in-person exam proctoring impossible and so normal safeguards have disappeared. My inbox is full of anguished emails from university students across...