Interviews

INTERVIEWS

• Amer Iqbal – Pakistan’s Star Mathematician
  Amer Iqbal, a distinguished theoretical physicist shares his views on connections between physics and mathematics.
• A Rare Clip: Prof. Abdus Salam Interviewed on PTV in 1989
  Excerpt of a rare clip: Professor Abdus Salam interviewed on PTV in 1989 by Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy. It is taken from Rastay Ilm Kay, a 13-part series made in the 1980’s that took a critical look at Pakistani education.
• Blast From The Past: Dr. M. Suhail Zubairy In Ptv Studio (1989)
  Raw footage of Dr. M. Suhail Zubairy in PTV studio (1989) for recording of an episode of Rastay Ilm Kay (13-part documentary series on education).
• Corruption in Higher Education
  Prominent critic and educationist, Dr. Isa Daudpota, argues that Pakistan’s universities are being irreparably damaged by ill-conceived official policies that end up rewarding academic corruption.
• Demonizing Hindus in Urdu Horror Fiction
  Urdu tales commonly portray both Hindus and Muslims, often revealing a straightforward division between good and evil. Interview with Jürgen Schaflechner.
• Education, Society and Physics
  Viqar Hussain, a distinguished Canadian-Pakistani physicist, shares his views on physics, society, and the state of education in Pakistan.
• Exclusive: Dr. Abdus Salam Interviewed on PTV in 1989 (Unedited Rare Clip)
  Unedited recording of Dr. Abdus Salam in PTV studios 1989 for program Rastay Ilm Kay.
• Exclusive: Interview with Noam Chomsky
  Noam Chomsky of MIT, the world’s best known public intellectual and EACPE board member, speaks to Pervez Hoodbhoy (46 minutes). His message: for all its terrible troubles the world is actually getting better.
• From Delhi — Pervez Hoodbhoy in Conversation with Siddharth Varadarajan on Pak-India Politics
  Shrinking space for social activists in Pakistan, Pak-India politics and more.
• From Holy War to Global Peace
  Dr. Khalid Sohail discusses various militant movements while offering pragmatic solutions to the ideological hostility that affects contemporary international politics.
• India Closely Following Pakistan’s Footsteps: Pervez Hoodbhoy
  Newsclick in collaboration with The Citizen interviewed Pervez Hoodbhoy on the radicalization of science & Indo-Pak relation.
• Inside The Brain — Dr. Russell J. Andrews in conversation with Pervez Hoodbhoy
  Russell J. Andrews, a neurosurgeon affiliated with NASA Ames Research Center, talks about the techniques to help us better understand the human brain in his conversation with Pervez Hoodbhoy.
• Minority groups do not feel safe in Pakistan. I see that in India as well: Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy
  Catch News speaks to Pervez Hoodbhoy about Pakistan’s nuclear weapons strategy, religious extremism and Indo-Pak relation.
• Nationalism, Religionism and the Brutality of Humanity
  Pervez Hoodbhoy shares his views on the clash of Human morality with Ideological morality. Hosted by Dr. Baland Iqbal.
• Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Pervez Hoodbhoy on language
  Pervez Hoodbhoy in conversation with the world’s most famous linguist. Should we teach in the mother tongue? Are all languages equally capable?
• Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Pervez Hoodbhoy on world affairs
  A far ranging conversation that runs over contemporary global affairs and Pakistan.
• Pervez Hoodbhoy — Interviewed by Bisma Faiz
  How the education system of Pakistan is flawed; is nuclear disarmament possible; Indo-Pak relationship; rise of ISIS and more. Bisma Faiz talks to Pervez Hoodbhoy.
• Pervez Hoodbhoy at Hyderabad Literary Festival
  On the second session of Hyderabad Literary Festival 2016, Prof. Pervez Hoodbhoy, in a talk with Prof. Subodh Shenoy, speaks about his early life, student years in the US and the evolution of scientific temperament across the Islamic world.
• Science and Soul
  Dr. Khalid Sohail discusses right and left brain and human mind and soul from the psychological and scientific point of view in a thought oriented interview hosted by Dr. Baland Iqbal.
• The bomb is Immoral
  Nuclear weapons are immoral, Pakistan’s education is in reverse gear. Pervez Hoodbhoy interviewed at the Karachi Literature Festival by Dawn TV.
• The Legacy of Eqbal Ahmad — Stuart Schaar on his Biography
  Danny Postel interviews Stuart Schaar about his book Eqbal Ahmad: Critical Outsider in a Turbulent Age, a biography of one of the major anti-colonial thinkers of the 20th century.
• Theoretical Physics: The Grand Issues – A Conversation
  What are the grand questions of physics today? A discussion with 4 eminent physicists who visited Islamabad in November 2015.
• اعلیٰ تعلیم میں بدعنوانیاں
  ممتاز ناقد اور ماھر تعلیم ڈاکٹر عیسیٰ داؤد پوتا دلائل دیتے ھیں کہ ناقص پالیسیوں کی وجہ سے کیسے پاکستان کی جامعات کو ناقابل تلافی نقصان پہنچ رھا ھے اور ان کے نتیجے میں بدعنوانی جنم لے رھی ھے۔
• باتوں، باتوں میں
  پاکستان کی آبادی میں بے پناہ اضافہ، تعلیم کا رو بہ زوال معیار اور بہت سے دیگر موضوعات۔ آرزو کاظمی کے پروگرام ’’باتوں، باتوں میں‘‘ میں پرویز ھود بھائی کا انٹرویو۔
• مکالمہ، معروف اھل نظر کے ساتھ
  کراچی ایئر پورٹ پر حملہ، حکومت اور فوج دھشت گردوں کے خلاف فیصلہ کن کاروائی سے کیوں گریزاں ہیں، کیا فوجی کاروائی مسئلے کا حل ہے اور دیگر موضوعات۔ مہمان: پرویز ھود بھائی۔ میزبان: عروج رضا۔
• جن، بھوت اور فقیر سائیں
  سیالکوٹ کے ایک گائوں سے تعلق رکھنے والے فقیر سائیں، اپنی شاعری میں توہم پرستی سے چھٹکارا پانے اور غوروفکر کرنے کی دعوت دیتے ہیں۔ انسانی مساوات، مسلمان معاشروں کی زبوں حالی اور خود احتسابی ان کی شاعری کے موضوعات ہیں۔