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Dr Intikhab UlfatThe Express Tribune |
For centuries, the Arctic was treated as the geographical equivalent of a locked room: remote, inhospitable and largely inaccessible. Its frozen seas...
For some time, I have been writing in these pages about generations: Generation X, Millennials, Gen Z, Gen Alpha and even the emerging Generation...
Open a global wildfire map today and the impression is deeply unsettling. Across continents separated by oceans, climates and political systems, red...
Wars, floods, earthquakes, famines, epidemics and forced displacement have always tested humanity. Yet amid every scene of devastation, there are...
The extraordinary migration crisis that overwhelmed Ceuta in late July 2026 should not be viewed merely as another episode of irregular migration at...
The defense understanding among Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye represents far more than the formalization of already close relations among three...
Some years ago, while serving as a departmental students' advisor, I was visited by a group of disappointed students with a complaint that a...
Most of my colleagues and I, as faculty members in a public sector university, have repeatedly encountered the same contradiction in our classrooms....
For decades, Pakistan's water debate has revolved around dams, canals and reservoirs. Every drought renews calls for new storage projects, while...
Few verses in South Asia's intellectual tradition have travelled across centuries with as much relevance as Bhagat Kabir's celebrated...
The idea behind teacher licensure is sound. Teaching should not be treated as casual employment. It is a profession that shapes every other...
During my years in Gothenburg, Sweden, there lived a gentleman not far from my home by the name of Arvid Carlsson. He was affiliated with a medical...
We have often noticed, in classrooms and informal academic settings, that students respond with far greater interest to storytelling than to a purely...
I write this as a man, a teacher, and a member of a society where our daughters, students, sisters and female colleagues face harassment. I cannot...
Universities can no longer remain isolated from global academic trends, nor can students be expected to compete internationally without exposure to...
A university is a place where students do not simply acquire information; they learn how to question, disagree, reason, accept correction and grow...
I often begin my 'Everyday Science' and 'Natural Science' lectures – now compulsory for students from Arts, Social Sciences,...
I often repeat a line in my classroom: "There was a time when everyone studied at the university." This is not merely nostalgia; it is a...
Nearly two decades ago, upon completing my PhD in Sweden and defending my dissertation, I was asked a question that seemed simple at the time:...
After a long time, I found myself wandering through the old markets of Karachi. Journeys to Jodia Bazaar, Bolton Market, Motandas Market, and my...
When I first wrote about the "new life of the peela school" in these columns, on 31 January 2026, I was trying to name a quiet shift I...
The passing of Mazhar-ul-Haq Siddiqui has left a quiet but profound void in the academic and administrative circles of Pakistan. A distinguished civil...
In Pakistan, Ramazan does not arrive like an ordinary month. It descends like a season namely half sacred, half social and fully intense. The...
Having attended a workshop titled 'Sindh, Pakistan and Quaid-e-Azam', organised by Sindh Archives, I returned with a quiet sense of...
For most students, an exam hall is as much a psychological space as a physical one, defined by pressure and fear, where emotions shape performance...
I grew up in what many of us still affectionately call the Peela School, the yellow-walled government schools that once formed the backbone of public...
A society is not merely a collection of buildings, roads, individuals and institutions. A true society is shaped by the behaviours people adopt toward...
Many people today remain formally employed in one institution while quietly building small parallel ventures, including freelance work, consultancies,...
As a faculty member, I have always believed that education becomes meaningful when it builds connections. Knowledge should not remain confined within...
I remember vividly, it was about twenty-five years ago. I had recently joined the University of Karachi as a faculty member. One late night around...
During a discussion with a colleague at the university, I was advised to rethink a complaint we often make in faculty rooms: "Students have changed."...
Teaching undergraduate students in their fifteenth and sixteenth years of education, with physics as their major, is for me far more than a formal...
After years in university classrooms and meeting rooms, I have reached an unsettling conclusion: talking has become harder, not easier. Technology,...
In the heart of Sindh, the Begum Nusrat Bhutto Women University (BNBWU) Sukkur is quietly emerging as one of Pakistan's most promising centres for...
Recently on campus, as I left the bank, a few girls I'd never taught stopped me with a question at the crossroads of science and society. "Sir, should...
Recently I had the privilege of delivering the inaugural talk for VitalScope, a new journal club at University of Karachi's Department of Physiology....
During the last couple of days, many readers and colleagues have urged me to write a follow-up to my earlier op-ed "Shaping the Past, Present and...
As a teacher in a public sector university, I know that real change often arrives quietly. A door opens. A room brightens. The grammar of chalk and...
In our counseling rooms across departments at the University of Karachi, we keep hearing the same anxious question: "Will there be good jobs when we...
Artificial Intelligence has already entered our classrooms, whether we are ready for it or not. Universities everywhere are rushing to issue broad...
At the University of Karachi, faculty members established the Research and Teaching Society (RTS) to enhance academic activities. Recently, RTS...
In public discussions about education, we often hear about the "information revolution". We are told that students today are luckier than ever before,...
The government's approach to pension reforms has left a trail of uncertainty. Proposals such as capping family pensions, taxing higher pensions and...
Having spent a significant part of my academic journey in Sweden, engaged in research in materials science with a growing interest in renewable energy...
In tracing the generational arc through my recent op-eds in these columns namely "Generation X" (February 28, 2025), "Gen X and Gen Z in Conversation"...
In an era dominated by scientific advancement and technological innovation, it may seem counterintuitive to argue for the centrality of language,...
The recent release of the QS World University Rankings 2026 has yet again underscored the troubling reality of higher education in Pakistan. This...
In a country battling economic uncertainty and political polarisation, one of the most silent yet devastating crises is unfolding within the very...
Having participated in recent meetings of the Advanced Studies and Research Board (ASRB) and the Academic Council at the University of Karachi, I have...
As a teacher and researcher in Pakistan's public sector, I stand at a crucial intersection where science, policy and sustainable enterprise converge....
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