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Dr Intikhab UlfatThe Express Tribune |
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....
At the recent Academic Council meeting of the University of Karachi, the decision to allow the transfer of MPhil and PhD students from private...
Each semester, we stand before a new cohort of students enrolled in environmental and renewable energy courses, young minds carrying a mix of...
In Pakistan's push toward a knowledge economy, universities must evolve from nurturing raw talent to safeguarding innovation. As a faculty member at a...
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is rapidly reshaping the landscape of education and research, demanding a thoughtful and urgent response...
Every semester, I return to a familiar question while addressing my students: What will power the world when fossil fuels are no longer available? It...
As someone who has spent years teaching physics to university students, I often encounter a familiar anxiety in their eyes - an uncertainty about the...
From Gen X, who bridged the analog-digital divide, to Gen Z, the first digital natives, and Gen Alpha, immersed in AI-driven learning, each generation...
In the quiet lecture halls of Scandinavian universities - three of which I proudly count as my alma maters - education was never confined to the...
In my previous op-eds published in these columns over the last couple of months, I explored the unique position of Generation X as the bridge between...
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