Past performance
April 10, 2021
This refers to the article ‘Fix the HEC’ (April 8) by Dr Javaid Laghari. The writer has criticised the recent performance of the HEC under the now-former chairperson Dr Tariq Banuri. It is strange that criticism about the HEC’s performance has mainly come from two previous chairpersons and not from stakeholders or students who were affected by the recent changes in the HEC’s policies. Criticising other people without any supporting evidence is meaningless. In the Global Knowledge Index 2020 that measures the knowledge performance of 138 countries, Pakistan ranked 111th. Right above Pakistan was Nepal (110th). Bhutan (94th), Sri Lanka (87th), Iran (80th) and India (75th) scored better than our country. Switzerland topped the rankings and the US and Finland enjoyed second and third positions.