Number of PhDs in Pakistan reach 8142

The Pakistani universities are now able to produce more PhDs in the next 3 years as compared to last 10 years. The total number of PhDs in Pakistan has reached the figure of 8,142.

According to the available statistics, the number of PhDs has increased from 348 (1947 to 2002) to 679 in 2012 in agriculture and veterinary sciences, from 586 to 1,096 in biological sciences, from 14 to 123 in business education, from merely 21 to 262 in engineering and technology and from 709 to 1,071 in physical sciences. In social sciences, the number increased to 887 from 108 during last ten years.

The figures also indicate that during the last decade, special emphasis has been paid to the disciplines of agriculture and veterinary science, biological, physical and social sciences, business education, engineering and technology.

“HEC has so far introduced various scholarship schemes to create a critical mass of highly qualified human resources in all fields of studies who conduct research on issues of importance to Pakistan,” HEC Executive Director Prof. Dr. Sohail H. Naqvi told the media saying that the production of these PhDs is the harbinger of a great future.

It is to be mentioned that since 1947, a total of 3,281 PhDs were awarded.

However, since the establishment of the HEC in 2002, over 4,850 PhDs have been awarded to-date.

Source: http://www.technologytimes.pk/2012/10/15/number-of-phds-in-pakistan-reach-8142/

OUR INTOLERANCE

Intolerance is something which is opposite to the trait of patience and keeping oneself stable in every aspect of life. Standing in lines to submit our bills we do no tolerate to see other person to take our place regardless of his age and emergency. Our big hearts have been shrunken. Most of us still argue on the separation of Pakistan just because of the problems we are facing today. Rather than solving those issues together we blame those tribes and political parties that supported separation. We have lost patience and because of losing it we have also lost the respect for the country, its independence and sacrifices we made to get separation. 

 

Our intolerant behavior was undercover before the boom of electronic media but with growing viewership of media channels we see that our politicians and leaders have also lost their patience. We see how rudely they talk to each other on different talk shows and how openly they abuse each other during their press conferences.

Just because our plans do not work out for us, each one of has started blame game. Children blame their parents for not giving good facilitations, parents blame their kids for earning less than their needs, our nation blames our politicians and leaders, our media blames our security forces and so on.

On traffic signals we never acted like responsible citizens because we are always in rush to reach our destinations. We sometimes, not even bother to give space to dying patient lying in rescue car behind us.

If someone is following a particular religious sect, he will not like to listen to other sects and their scholars. We start arguing on the teachings of our sects without seeking guidance from Holy Quran and Hadith. There are religious riots in the country only because we have lost the trait of listening each other.

Reasons & Suggestions:

• Everyone is in state of instability because our priorities have been changed. Sometimes I feel that most of us have mental disorders because of our impatience. We don’t like to listen each other which is one of the main reason of our intolerance.
• We also don’t give respect to the opinions and views of other person which is a sign of arrogance and ego.
• We ignore the criticism that is made for our betterment. Our elders try to advice us but we don’t care about their feedback's.
• There is an old saying that Think before you Speak but we never think and plan and that’s why we are treated as uneducated and illiterate nation.
• We are always ready to kill the person who abuses or say anything wrong about our mothers but if the same person says wrong things about our motherland we appreciate him. We can see our patience in this regard.
• Another reason of our intolerance is that we have lost faith in God and our religious teachings. Each one of us knows that Allah Almighty in Holy Quran promises that He is with those who have patience but even then we ignore those verses, which is a big disappointment.