Calligraphy, a centuries-old decorative ornamental handwriting art hails from the Greek civilization. The word Calligraphy is a combination of two Greek words as well, ‘kalli’ (beautiful) and ‘graphia’ (to write). Since the advent of Islam, its holy book, The Quran was written on different mediums. Calligraphists of that era used many writing styles to transcribe …
“One book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world.” These are the words of a brave, courageous, strong and charismatic young lady named Malala Yousafzai who is the youngest Nobel Prize winner and the pride of Pakistan. Malala, a 19-year-old girl, has inspired the world with her ideology and struggle for …
Current State of Computational Linguistics in Pakistan On February 15, 2014, The Economist ran a story, “The Urdu Rate of Growth”. The scope of the story was not the national language of Pakistan, The Urdu; however, its name was used as a metaphor to depict the then poor state of growth in the energy sector …
Computer Science – by quick definition, a scientific and practical approach to computation and its applications –in reality is a cosmic stream. From feasibility to structure, from expression to algorithms, there is a Vulcan-like logical component out there for each and every student in Pakistan. To find them, our young minds must be exposed to …
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Qualitative Challenge for Pakistan’s Knowledge Economy The number of fake universities working in Pakistan mentioned in the HEC blacklist are now 185, were 24 in 2013 though. This shows our “progress” in this crucial sector as well. Although the Higher Education Commission closed 31 Ph.D. and 26 MPhil program in the different universities of Pakistan, …
Failure of Public Education System “Education is a matter of life and death for Pakistan. The world is progressing so rapidly that without requisite advances in education, not only shall we be left behind others but may be wiped out altogether.” Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Recently, Pakistan celebrated its 70th Independence Day. How much development …
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Inertia, Denial and Incompetence Brief History: Higher Education Commission Pakistan (HEC) was established in 2002 with the aim of raising quality bar in higher education and for promoting educational research and development in the country. It was also given the task of implementing reforms in faculty development; promoting excellence in learning and research; developing leadership, …
Higher education and the autonomy of universities are highly neglected areas of our great nation’s Constitutional history. In 2010, Parliament unanimously approved the 18th Constitutional Amendment, which introduced changes to 36 percent of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan. Of the 280 Articles contained within,102 were amended, inserted, added, substituted or deleted. The Amendment redefined the …
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Reasons and Solutions Poor Time Management Many students do not realize the importance of education or consider it a piece of cake. They do not give proper time to their studies. Instead of studying, they devote most of their time to playing games, having affairs and sleeping, etc. It is sad that majority of the …
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No one can deny the importance of education. Especially in the modern world of today, to cope with the fast advancing nations, education is the key. In Pakistan, the education sector is the most talked about. Almost every government pays a lot of attention to this sector, but still, the situation does not change significantly. …
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