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The course “Contextualizing Educational Reforms in Kazakhstan” has underscored the paramount importance of education and educational reforms for any country’s future success. Notably, Central Asia, and specifically Kazakhstan, has experienced significant educational reforms, which now face challenges on the path to full implementation. This article highlights three key learning objectives identified after completing the course 1. Embracing Imperfections in Governance …

Ghoru is one of the oldest and most popular folk songs in the Khowar language of Chitral. The song has come down from hunting tradition, a source of subsistence in the hard and mountainous region. Ritualistically, the song was supposed to be sung while returning from a successful ibex hunt. However, interestingly (intentionally?) the pathos in the story strongly evokes …

All differences with PTI aside, there is no denying the fact that PTI has taken certain such steps that have been unprecedented in the political history of Pakistan. One of such things is to acknowledge and bring forward honest party workers, instead of parachuters, in elections; be it general elections, local government elections, or senate elections. This has been true …

How does it feel to be last human being on this planet? Or what should be the role of human being in the midst of unprecedented anthro-created disorders i.e. ecological, biological, political, geological etc.? These questions not only provoke profound sense of urgency but also put us [human species] in a precarious situation where we have not option but to …

The one who has lifted his shovel to repair Mastuj-Shandoor-Boroghil road? Let’s know about him. Sometimes you come across people of high commitment; dedication and intellect that you keep wishing to acquire the attributes they possess. District Chitral is also one of those regions that give birth to such people. It has been a fertile land in case of talent …

Death by suicide is a major public health problem that profoundly impacts families in a way few other things do. Every year, many people at risk of suicide seek and get help, potentially saving themselves and their loved ones untold grief. What is suicide?  When a person loses the ability to think, worries about himself, does not care about his …

O Lord, we are your frail creatures. We have very little capacity for suffering۔We are guilty sinners, have mercy on us۔We do not have the ability to cope with the calamity۔Forgive us whatever mistakes we have made۔Forgive us our sins by your charity۔Do not bring on us any disease which neither of us can afford۔O my Lord, there is no …

Chitral is one of the most religious and patriarchal societies in the country.  In a rural patriarchal society like Chitral, women are the ones who bear the difficult task of family care and related domestic burden i.e. child bearing, cleaning, cooking, work in fields etc. It does not mean that men are only idle perpetrators or having luxurious lives like …

Water is an indispensable element for all creatures and for our earth as a whole. It is extremely important that an agricultural country should have enough water to support its food security and to ensure sustainable development. Unfortunately, according to the IMF report, Pakistan ranks third among countries most affected by water scarcity. Likewise, last year, the Pakistan council of …

Valley Arkari is a small isolated and happened to be one of the most inaccessible mountainous regions located on the verge of the Pak-Afghan border.  Millennium Model School (MMS) is one of the premier educational institutes of this region. Likewise, the same school having momentous importance in the history of Arkari, especially for being pioneer English medium school, like that …