The American model for development after World War-II was utterly incongruent with the social, economic, political and institutional ground realities in Pakistan ...For this very reason, American and Pakistan’s ruling elites’ solution of throwing money for the alleviation of poverty did not have much success,” Professor Nipa Banerjee, a senior fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences at the School of International Development and Global Studies at Ottawa University, Canada.

Raza Neem Eminent social historian, writer and journalist Syed Sibte Hassan set off on his final journey on April 20, 32 years ago – aged seventy. Almost half a century of this life spread over seven decades was spent in extraordinary scholarly and political activities. He was a cultured person who spent a multifaceted life and inscribed his deep individual …

Salman Tarik Kureshi “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” (Dwight D. Eisenhower, former US President) Those of my readers who have been hunters will know the feeling. You raise your shotgun, sighting …

Fawzia Afzal-Khan The Lahore Literary Festival has been succeeded by a string of events and activities in Lahore bespeaking a notion of citizenship and community which encourages one to think effectively beyond the confines of class, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. This hotbed of activity – an instantiation of the effectively loved of Lahoris; “Lohr Lohr ay” and “Jinnay Lohr naee …

  HAH Report The notion of water security in Central Asia has evolved throughout the years in an attempt to control an extensive transboundary river network which divides the region between upstream (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan) and downstream (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan) countries, writes Stefanos Xenarios, Senior Research Scientist at the University of Central Asia’s Mountain Societies Research Institute in his paper , “Current …

In a letter, over 60 noted professors, researchers urge Punjab university admin, provincial authorities to ensure the protection of life to Dr Ammar Ali Jan, Islam Wazir HAH Report Islamabad: Prominent professors, researchers, and students of leading universities of the world and Pakistan have expressed concern at the “malicious” campaign launched against two faculty members of the Punjab University by the …

Aziz Ali Dad The 20th century was unique because of the drastic changes and ruptures it witnessed in every sphere of life, including knowledge. It seems that during the last century creativity of the human mind burst forth with immense energy, enabling mankind to take giant leaps in the fields of science and technology and produce knowledge. This was achieved because …

HAH Report Islamabad (Feb 27): Two books on the oral tradition of Pamiri Kyrgyz people living in Turkey have been published. Authored by renowned Kyrgyz folklorist and ethnographer Dr Sulaiman Kaiypov, the books Proverbs and Sayings of the Pamiri Kyrgyz Living in Turkey, and Funeral Laments of the Pamiri Kyrgyz Living in Turkey, have been published with the support of the University of …

Anayat Baig KARACHI: Academics, student activists, and journalists emphasized the importance of freedom of expression and role of student unions in the promotion and strengthening of democratic culture and values on campuses and in society. They held academics responsible for self-censorship, espousing anti-politics narrative, reinforcing the legacy of dictatorship and reducing the chances of the 60 percent youth bulge to …