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By: Athar Osama, Adil Najam, Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, and Christopher King
Available at: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7260/full/461038a.html
In 2002, Pakistan began an ambitious overhaul of its higher-education system. The successes and failures of the experience hold lessons for other countries, say Athar Osama and co-authors.
After decades of neglect, in 2002 Pakistan set out to dramatically reform its higher-education system. The reforms […]

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Nature 461, 11-12 (3 September 2009) | doi:10.1038/461011b; Published online 2 September 2009
Cash costs

Massive funding for Pakistan’s ailing universities holds many lessons for other developing nations.
 
Eight years ago, a task force advising Pakistan’s former military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, laid out a bold plan to revitalize the country’s moribund research system: initiate a fivefold increase […]

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By: Pervez Hoodbhoy
Published in Physics Today (August, 2007)
 “If Muslim societies are to develop technology instead of just using it, the ruthlessly competitive global marketplace will insist on not only high skill levels but also intense social work habits. The latter are not easily reconcilable with religious demands made on a fully observant Muslim’s time, energy, […]

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