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Was conflicted about the nuts and bolts of a national curriculum until hearing Dr. Mariam Chughtai on #ThinkFest: her views were considered and clear-eyed. Hope scholars like her steer the implementation of what looks to be a tricky, wide-ranging overhaul. https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=653435532184303&ref=watch_permalink
The other side's arguments were strange, scattershot, and apprehensive of anything to do with Islam. This particular brand of 'progress' won't resonate with more than six people here, because it is the exact opposite: a social club for elite interests, forever stuck in 1983.
And yet we still need it, to stave off or stop laws and book bans that our own legislators know to be dangerous, have unintended consequences, or are needlessly controversial. The governor has to reconsider. https://www.newsweekpakistan.com/punjab-assembly-stoking-dangerous-attitude-with-new-laws-fawad-chaudhry/
All in all, it's an unhappy ecosystem to have. Instead of working toward population planning, land reform, local governments, qisas-diyat, and a dozen more provinces, this week's battle will be trying to stop Pervaiz Elahi & Friends from fulfilling their latest cynical impulse.
In sum:
* Heartening to hear Dr. Chughtai, hope she supervises the implementation of something so complex;
* @sehartariq was a great moderator;
* the progressive cause demands better advocacy;
* no big reforms can happen when we're stuck doing and undoing bad laws we don't need.
* Heartening to hear Dr. Chughtai, hope she supervises the implementation of something so complex;
* @sehartariq was a great moderator;
* the progressive cause demands better advocacy;
* no big reforms can happen when we're stuck doing and undoing bad laws we don't need.
