The Express Tribune, 9 November, 2012 Iqbal was on his way to the Third Round Table Conference, which was going to be held in London at the end of 1932. In Bombay, a representative of the Roznamah-e-Khilafat asked him on his position if the Hindu majority of British India accepted 13 out of the 14 […]
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Dawn, The Review, August 12-18, 2001 For a teacher working in a private school in a city like Karachi, teacher training may not mean the same as what it would have meant to one in that position twenty years ago. The concept has changed. Today, teacher training doesn’t necessarily mean getting enlisted in a government
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Dawn, The Review, August 12-18, 2001 When we speak about education, most of the time we are using words that can only be interpreted in terms of achieving and acquiring. “Getting grades…”, “Stingy or generous teacher…”, “Finishing the syllabus…”, and so on. These words and phrases that are so over-used in our language can only
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Dawn, Tuesday Review, February 27-March 4, 1996 Dr Qureshi evaded my request for his resume in a light vein. “There have been so many interviews about my life. Why not base this one on my thoughts alone?” And which of his works would he consider to be the pinnacle of his thought, the best fruit
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You, Volume 3, No. 19, The News International. 1993 That our textbooks present only stereotypes where gender roles are concerned is an obvious fact. The sort of actions that male and female characters perform are always meant to assert the social superiority of one sex over the other e.g. fathers or brothers are always busy
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