428 HEC scholars sent abroad are absconding, Senate body told - Pakistan

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However, the HEC working paper says that a total of 5,780 overseas scholarships have been awarded till date of which 3,807 students have completed their studies, 1,537 are still studying and 428 have absconded.</p><p class="">According to HEC rules, PhD candidates and research scholars that it finances are to return home after finishing their courses and serve the country for at least five years. All candidates who get HEC scholarships have to sign a bond in this regard.</p><p class="">The HEC offers three oversees scholarships including the overseas scholarship scheme for PhD in selected fields, phase one and two, and the HRDI MS leading to PhD for faculty members of University of Engineering Science and Technology Pakistan.</p><blockquote> <p class="">HEC working paper says 5,780 overseas scholarships awarded till date of which 3,807 students have completed their studies, 1,537 still studying</p></blockquote> <p class="">According to the HEC working paper, 428 of the scholars who received one of the overseas scholarships have been declared absconders by the HEC for various reason such as not completing their PhDs, not completing their doctorates and not returning and completing their degree but returning to the country later, MS completed and enrolled in PhD but not completed the doctorate degree and PhD studies left for medical grounds.</p><p class="">The documents say that of the 428 absconders, the HEC has received the expenses it incurred plus 25pc penalty from 55 of the students and that 11 are in the process of paying the expenses and penalties. There are cases against 116 of the students in the courts and legal action is being initiated against the remaining 338 scholars.</p><p class="">Chaired by Senator Nuzhat Sadiq in the absence of its chairperson, Rahila Magsi, the committee could not hold a discussion on the issue of ‘absconding’ scholars.</p><p class=""><strong>Two education bills approved</strong></p><p class="">However, several other education issues were discussed and two important bills related to Islamabad’s education sector were approved as was a proposed budget for the education ministry’s development schemes.</p><p class="">Moved by PPP Senator Sehar Kamran, the National Civic Education Commission Bill calls for the setting up of a commission in Islamabad to provide and promote civic education and create awareness about the fundamental rights and obligations of citizens. It calls for including the importance of democracy and civic responsibilities in school curriculums in the Islamabad Capital Territory.</p><p class="">Federal education minister Balighur Rehman supported the bill from the opposition lawmaker, which was also unanimously approved by the committee and the HEC chairman, ignoring the law ministry’s objections. </p><p class="">The law ministry said the proposed bill suggests that the commission include Senators, MNAs and a member each from the provincial assembles who will be members of the board of governors. A representative of the law ministry said education is a devolved subject and there could be issues with having provincial representatives. </p><p class="">The education minister said financial implications are involved in the setting up of the proposed commission and that support of the federal cabinet and parliament will be required in having the bill passed.</p><p class="">National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) Chairperson Razeena Alam said NCHD is already working in civic education areas and that it should be given the task of further work in the area.</p><p class="">The committee also approved a bill calling for the establishment of a National Skills University in the capital city to provide skills based education based on the German education model.</p><p class="">The bill was moved by the education minister who stressed on the need for establishing more public and private sector universities.</p><p class="">He said the National Institute of Sciences and Technology will be upgraded into the National Skills University and that skills based education will help the youth take advantage of the opportunities arising from the China Pakistan Economic Corridor projects.</p><p class="">He said the National Assembly has already passed the bill and that HEC also has the budget for upgrading NISTE into a university.</p><p class="">The HEC chairman told the committee that the new university will also offer PhDs. 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These absconders (scholars and politicians) should be apprehended ASAP so the nation can learn. Come on Mr. Chief Justice, now you have one more sou moto to address. Please address it, our parliamantarians are in DEEP sleep.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5732103">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5732103">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5732132" data-id="2"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Mir</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-20T09:45:41+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T09:45:41+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 09:45am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Because in Pakistan their is no system and full of corruption and no role of law , that is why people are not interesting to come back and serve Pakistan . Hope pakistan change and rule of law prevail and people will definitely come back.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5732132">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5732132">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5732321" data-id="3"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Dr. Doctor</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-20T10:40:41+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T10:40:41+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 10:40am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Trust me, many are not also at par with the places to where they were sent to and have accents matching our chief justice! But of course, majority of PhD candidates from the rest of the world also fall in a similar category barring the misuse of promised funds and absconding.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5732321">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5732321">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5732404" data-id="4"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Riaz Uddin</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-20T11:05:49+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T11:05:49+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 11:05am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>HEC is a burden on national.ex-chequer. It is an institution like a ship sailing without radar. In pakistan its job is to attest degrees of those overseas pakistanies who are employed by foreign employers. They deliberately made the process.and procedure of attestation.time consuming, complicated that overseas pakistanies preferred not to avail it.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5732404">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5732404">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5732430" data-id="5"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">ADNAN AZIZ</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-20T11:17:45+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T11:17:45+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 11:17am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Nothing new here.</p> <p>This is in our blood and will continue.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5732430">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5732430">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5732517" data-id="6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Abbas</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-20T11:44:07+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T11:44:07+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 11:44am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>You gave scholarships to ur loved one HEC.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5732517">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5732517">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5732569" data-id="7"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">citizen</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-20T12:00:06+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T12:00:06+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 12:00pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>HEC is taking right steps. Also inquiries should be conducted where University teachers after obtaining scholarships have absconded and did not join back their duties. Senate Committee and HEC may also seek such details from all Universities in Pakistan.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5732569">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5732569">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5732629" data-id="8"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">RubyJack</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-20T12:19:54+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T12:19:54+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 12:19pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Go easy on them. That happens in any higher education degree and in any country. Some people cannot finish it and some burn out. Even asking them to return money is counter productive. The penalties are ridiculous.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5732629">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5732629">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5733223" data-id="9"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Dr who!</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-20T15:19:06+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T15:19:06+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 03:19pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Someone should also bring up the stories how badly the HEC clerks/project managers behave with returning scholars, motivating them eventually to go back to abroad instead of listening to those rude HEC staff members.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5733223">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5733223">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5733283" data-id="10"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">citizen</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-20T15:42:54+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T15:42:54+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 03:42pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>It is a well known fact that majority of the scholars dosent want to come back to Pakisthan and prefer to settle in the west to enjoy the job and comforts. It is a sheer waste of public money..How long this will go ?</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5733283">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5733283">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5734027" data-id="11"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Alba </div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-20T20:33:04+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T20:33:04+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 08:33pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>They are succumbing to the temptations of the West.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5734027">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5734027">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5735266" data-id="12"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">SK</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-21T09:11:06+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T09:11:06+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 09:11am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Reading the statistics, I would say that the program must be supported into the future and expanded. A leakage of just 400 odd cases is a small price to pay. The success rate is incredible and must be applauded. Of course, things can and should always be better managed - but the current figures are far from discouraging. We need many many more PhDs to create a culture of higher education in all fields within the country. It doesn't even matter if half of the PhDs are not really up to the mark - they still can understand the worth of higher education. it is much much better than to have a dearth of PhDs as we have had for decades.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5735266">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5735266">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5735544" data-id="13"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Fuzail Z. Ahmad</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-21T10:56:23+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T10:56:23+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 10:56am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Thank you Dawn for this news piece. The data is not at all worrisome as most of the scholars did prefer to come back. For those who didn't come back, a minority, we shouldn't be harsh. Important is that they finish their PhD's and/or they get engaged in some research work in developed countries. Ultimately some of them will return back too, to serve Pakistan with their scholarly work.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5735544">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1390562/up-5735544">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5737459" data-id="14"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">hanif</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2018-02-21T22:07:21+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T22:07:21+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 10:07pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>what you gonna do about it</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" 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data-id="1391402" class="story__title font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391402/can-the-three-pillars-of-the-state-coexist-in-harmony" class="story__link">Can the three pillars of the state coexist in harmony?</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">One yearns for the good old days when courts avoided passing judgement on cases of an overtly political nature. </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> <div class=" slideshow--list slideshow--mustread col-sm-8 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391419" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391419/an-election-held-without-candidates-from-the-countrys-largest-political-party-is-an-undeniable-farce"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a912b9dea92b.jpg" alt="An election held without candidates from the country&#39;s largest political party is an undeniable farce"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391419" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391419/an-election-held-without-candidates-from-the-countrys-largest-political-party-is-an-undeniable-farce" class="story__link">An election held without candidates from the country's largest political party is an undeniable farce</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391428" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391428/girls-take-lead-in-the-regional-round-of-math-challenge-2018-in-karachi"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a91625fc419f.jpg" alt="Girls take lead in the regional round of Math Challenge 2018 in Karachi"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391428" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391428/girls-take-lead-in-the-regional-round-of-math-challenge-2018-in-karachi" class="story__link">Girls take lead in the regional round of Math Challenge 2018 in Karachi</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/authors/3517/bilal-karim-mughal">Bilal Karim Mughal</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391351" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391351/trudeaus-india-trip-is-a-total-disaster-and-he-has-himself-to-blame"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a90b4e7ec7a1.jpg" alt="Trudeau’s India trip is a total disaster, and he has himself to blame"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391351" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391351/trudeaus-india-trip-is-a-total-disaster-and-he-has-himself-to-blame" class="story__link">Trudeau’s India trip is a total disaster, and he has himself to blame</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/authors/6521/barkha-dutt">Barkha Dutt</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:24%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391405" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391405/pepsi-was-among-the-first-brands-to-patronise-cricket-in-pakistan"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a9139724a3f6.jpg" alt="&#39;Pepsi was among the first brands to patronise cricket in Pakistan&#39;"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391405" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391405/pepsi-was-among-the-first-brands-to-patronise-cricket-in-pakistan" class="story__link">'Pepsi was among the first brands to patronise cricket in Pakistan'</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "></span> </div></article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> </div> <div class="border--top border--thick border--black mx-sm-2 mx-0 clearfix"> <h3 class="opinion-stories font--playfair-display my-2"><a class="opinion-stories" href="/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/opinion">Opinion</a></h3> <div class=" slideshow--list pr-0 pr-sm-2 col-sm-4 col-12 float-left slideshow--opinion--first mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:99%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391388" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--stretch col-12 px-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391388/judicial-overreach"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a90bed6bd969.jpg" alt="Judicial overreach"/></a></div> </figure> <div class="clearfix"></div>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391388" class="story__title font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391388/judicial-overreach" class="story__link">Judicial overreach</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">Can the three pillars of the state coexist in harmony? </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> <div class=" slideshow--list slideshow--opinion col-sm-8 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391387" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391387/disqualification"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a90be616e6a1.jpg" alt="Disqualification"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391387" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391387/disqualification" class="story__link">Disqualification</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/authors/1277/a-g-noorani">A.G. Noorani</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391386" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 " data-focus-x="0%" data-focus-y="0%"> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391386/back-to-the-future"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a90be0659f1e.jpg?r=719563700" alt="Back to the future"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391386" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391386/back-to-the-future" class="story__link">Back to the future</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/authors/112/abbas-nasir">Abbas Nasir</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391385" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391385/securing-the-nation"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a90bdb0ea5ec.jpg" alt="Securing the nation"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391385" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391385/securing-the-nation" class="story__link">Securing the nation</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/authors/933/tariq-khosa">Tariq Khosa</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:24%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391176" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 " data-focus-x="0%" data-focus-y="0%"> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391176/manifestos-and-education"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a8f7b6a47fc9.jpg" alt="Manifestos and education"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391176" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391176/manifestos-and-education" class="story__link">Manifestos and education</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/authors/568/faisal-bari">Faisal Bari</a></span> </div></article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> </div> <div class="border--top border--thick border--black mx-sm-2 mx-0"> <h3 class="editorial-stories font--playfair-display my-2"><a class="editorial-stories" href="/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/opinion">Editorial</a></h3> <div class=" slideshow--list slideshow--editorial mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391384" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text--gray font--arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> February 24, 2018</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391384" class="story__title size-four font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391384/senate-poll-challenge" class="story__link">Senate poll challenge</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">An unusual problem has been solved in an unusual manner, giving rise to the usual speculation of partisanship and bias. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391383" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text--gray font--arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> February 24, 2018</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391383" class="story__title size-four font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391383/back-to-load-shedding" class="story__link">Back to load-shedding</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">The govt has acknowledged that there is more to resolving the persistent power shortages than raw megawatts alone. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391382" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text--gray font--arial ">February 24, 2018</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391382" class="story__title size-four font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391382/dangerous-nexus" class="story__link">Dangerous nexus</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">INEXTRICABLY linked, illicit economies and organised crime pose extreme threats to societies. In Karachi’s... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391170" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text--gray font--arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> February 23, 2018</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391170" class="story__title size-four font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224162143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391170/regrettable-verdict" class="story__link">Regrettable verdict</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">The highest court in the land should be accorded the highest respect. 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