Talks

TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS
  • Abdus Salam: Ansar Abbasi’s Lies Refuted By Dr. A.H. Nayyar
    The Editor Investigation of a leading daily, Ansar Abbasi, reacts to the Prime Minister’s decision of renaming National Centre for Physics at Islamabad’s Quaid-i-Azam University after Dr. Abdus Salam, and frames him of false accusations in his controversial column. Dr. A.H. Nayyar refutes him. Also, watch a television debate with him here. Guests: Dr. A.H. Nayyar, Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, Javed Jabbar and Ansar Abbsi. Host: Owais Touheed, Capital TV, 10th December 2016. (Language: Urdu)
  • A Lecture on Gravitational Waves by Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy
    Pervez Hoodbhoy speaking at Lahore Astronomical Society about recent detection of Gravitational Waves. Zeds Astronomical Observatory, Lahore, Pakistan. 23rd February, 2016.
  • Are India and Pakistan Alike?
    Keynote speech of Pervez Hoodbhoy at Karachi Literature Festival 2016. He talks about the growing anti-science sentiment and irrationality in both Pakistan and India.
  • Are Islam and Science Compatible?
    Can Islam and Science go together and Muslims embark upon a new scientific awakening? Round table discussion of Muslim World Science Initiative, 2016.
  • A Talk With Pervez Hoodbhoy
    Why is rationality ignored in our debates? Do you expect another Dr. Abdus Salam to born in these lands? Any good expectations from the youth of Pakistan? and other questions.
  • Did India Cause 2010 Floods?
    In the book ironically titled ‘Reality of Floods in Pakistan’, the author claims that there is documentary proof of India causing floods in Pakistan. Here’s a public debate upon it.
  • Evolution and its Religious Integration
    Many in the Muslim world reject evolution, while there are others who accept it. Salman Hameed shares his views on the importance of evolution and its religious integration. Speaker: Salman Hameed.
  • Gravitational Waves — A Public Lecture by Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy
    Organized by Theoretical High Energy Physics & Cosmology Group (THEPC). Lecture delivered on 26th February, 2016. Venue: Earth Sciences Auditorium, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • How do Muslims View Science and Evolution
    Let’s take a look at the reception of science in the Islamic world and how Muslims view the relationship between science and religion. Speaker: Salman Hameed.
  • How Muslims Lost Their Way
    Yesterday’s achievements were golden; today, reason has been eclipsed. How Muslims lost their way? A discussion between Pervez Hoodbhoy and Baland Iqbal.
  • 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.
  • Junaid Jamshed, Tableeghi Jama’at and Existential Crisis
    A thought oriented discussion between Dr. Baland Iqbal and Dr. Khalid Sohail on the existential crisis where an individual questions the very foundations of their life: whether one’s life has any meaning, purpose, or value. Program: Password
  • Justice For Mashal Khan
    Savagery unleashed upon Mashal Khan reminds us of medieval brutality. What should we do to get out of this Muslim age of darkness?
  • Living with the Bomb
    “The issue today is whether we can rethink our practice of keeping the peace by threatening Armageddon,” asks the Nobel laureate, John Polanyi, in his TEDx speech.
  • 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.
  • The Rise of Unreason — TEDx Islamabad
    Once evidence becomes irrelevant, everything becomes possible. Speaker: Pervez Hoodbhoy.
  • When Evidence is Powerless
    Empirical evidence doesn’t always convince people. Salman Hameed dives into the ineffectiveness of hard proof and asserts that the path toward progress includes being sensitive to how others believe.
  • Zia Mian — 20 Years 20 Voices
    Zia Mian, Director of Project on Peace and Security in South Asia at Princeton University, asks “Do you want to be defended by mass murder?”
  • ملک کی نامور درسگاھوں میں توھمات پر مبنی مباحثوں کا رجحان
    اس کے مضمرات کیا ھو سکتے ھیں اور اس کا سد باب کیسے ممکن ھے؟ پروگرام: “ھم سب”، کیپیٹل ٹی وی، 22 اکتوبر 2015۔ میزبان: ماہ رخ قریشی، مہمان: پرویز ھود بھائی۔
  • کیا مدارس جہالت زدہ سوچ کو فروغ دے رھے ھیں؟
    کیا وفاقی وزیر پرویز رشید کا یہ بیان کہ مدارس جہالت زدہ سوچ کو فروغ دے رھے ھیں، درست ھے؟ پرویز ھود بھائی، مفتی نعیم اور رانا ثناء اللہ کے مابین مباحثہ۔
  • درسی کتب اور تعلیمی نصاب
    کیا پاکسان کا تعلیمی نظام فکری آزادی او سوال کرنے کے حق کی حوصلہ شکنی کرتا ہے؟ پروگرام: بیانیہ (نیا فرماں کوئی اترے)، میزبان: تنزیلہ مظہر٘ شرکائے گفتگو: ڈاکٹر عبدالحمید نیر، مشرف زیدی، ڈاکٹر مختار احمد، ڈاکٹر وسیمہ شہزاد