Pervez Hoodbhoy The Higher Education Commission (HEC) stands on death row. Appeals for reprieve have been rejected by the commission responsible for implementation of the Eighteenth Amendment. That commission’s chairman, Senator Mian Raza Rabbani, declared that “the HEC act will be revisited and reframed to shed its role as a centralised funding authority.” His logic […]

Tamashbeen What do you think happened to these trees? And do you know where in Pakistan this happened? (Hint: No, it was not an Umreekan or Sahooni sazish!)

Adil Najam News from Pakistan (at least the television variety) is always full of protests. Everyone seems to be forever protesting about something or the other. But the protests flashing on the screens right now do seem qualitatively different. Guess who is protesting right now: businessmen, doctors and academics.