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Dr Javaid Laghari
Dr Javaid Laghari

  • October 13, 2024

    Where’s Pakistan in the rankings?

    A representational image showing the silhouette of students wearing graduation caps. — Reuters/FileThe Times Higher Education released the highly...

  • September 08, 2024

    The Pakistani-American vote

    Unofficial estimates suggest that there are currently over one million Pakistani-Americans, with more than 400,000 living in Texas alone

  • August 19, 2024

    How Pakistan can compete in the global tech arena

    In my recent oped piece for this newspaper , I highlighted key technologies that have the potential to rapidly advance Pakistan’s economy and...

  • July 17, 2024

    IT’s time for change

    Today, top four companies globally — Apple, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Alphabet — are all IT giants

  • June 08, 2024

    Skills for success

    Estimates push annual exports to $10 billion over the next three years

  • October 12, 2023

    A new course

    The Forum for Dialogue and Diplomacy in Houston, Texas, recently convened a discussion that offered a glimpse into the evolving dynamics of...

  • September 04, 2023

    The complex path of US-Pakistan ties

    The intricate dance between Pakistan and the US has been marked by twists and turns, highs and lows, and a shared history that is as complex as it...

  • May 06, 2022

    The power of social media

    The Russia-Ukraine war has been rightly called the ‘World Cyberwar I’ as it is taking place in a world where social media is ubiquitous, while...

  • April 22, 2022

    The power of the youth

    Pakistan has a population of 220 million people, which includes 48 million youth between the ages of 18 and 30.In the 2018 elections, with 100...

  • November 26, 2021

    Pakistani universities and governance

    University governance is much more complex than what many believe, including those in government who intervene in university affairs. In reality,...

  • September 18, 2021

    University rankings

    Recently, a number of Pakistani universities made the headlines when the UK’s Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021 included them...

  • September 08, 2021

    Online distance learning

    In Pakistan, less than 12 percent of eligible students in the 17-23 age bracket have access to higher education, which is among the lowest in the...

  • August 17, 2021

    A disruptive game changer

    Pakistan exported $25 billion worth of goods during the current year, its highest ever since 2013-14.For a country of 220 million people with an...

  • July 20, 2021

    The new (disruptive) world order

    We live in a world of innovation and technological disruptions today. Life in the developed world is not possible today without the use of some form...

  • June 15, 2021

    Quality in higher education

    Since its establishment in 2002, the HEC has seen many ups and down in its continuous effort to ensure our system of higher education is classified...

  • May 30, 2021

    HEC in dire straits

    The proposed allocation by the government for the coming financial year 2021-22 is still Rs65 billion

  • May 06, 2021

    Meaningful research

    The best-known examples of technology-based knowledge economies built through higher education, scientific research and innovation are the Silicon...

  • April 24, 2021

    Undoing the HEC damage

    Considerable damage has been done to higher education in the last three years because of the one-sided policies of the last chairperson, most of...

  • April 15, 2021

    Search for the HEC head

    The Higher Education Commission is the engine for the socio-economic development of Pakistan through human resource development and research. Its...

  • April 08, 2021

    Fix the HEC

    The vision of HEC is to serve as an engine for the socio-economic development of Pakistan through human resource development and research. Its...

  • April 01, 2021

    The HEC in a mess

    The HEC is a national institution that can take the country on its path to economic recovery, development, and prosperity.

  • May 24, 2016

    Higher education reforms

    The UK’s Quacquarelli Symonds , a global ranking body, has for the first time ever ranked the higher education systems of various...

  • January 31, 2016

    Muslim universities

    iThe prestigious international journal, ‘Nature’, recently published an article titled ‘Institutions: Revive universities of the...

  • October 15, 2015

    Shooting for the stars

    The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-16 were recently announced, with the US taking the lead with six of its universities in...

  • October 03, 2015

    Sands of innovation

    The Clinton School of Public Service, University of Arkansas, one of the oldest and reputed higher education institutions of America, tweeted this...

  • April 18, 2015

    In search of a vice-chancellor

    The Punjab government recently advertised for the position of vice chancellor for 10 public universities. With 95 public universities in Pakistan ...