EFSAS Interview with Professor Pervez Hoodbhoy on the current state of affairs in Pakistan

In an exclusive interview held by EFSAS, part of the series 'Plain Talk; South Asia', Mr. Junaid Qureshi, Director EFSAS, had the privilege of interviewing Professor Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani nuclear physicist and activist who served as Professor of physics and mathematics at the Forman Christian College-University in Lahore, and previously taught physics at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Lahore and the Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) in Islamabad. Professor Hoodbhoy is also a prominent activist, in particular concerned with promotion of freedom of speech, secularism, scientific temper and education in Pakistan. During the interview, Professor Hoodbhoy discussed the education system in Pakistan, the role of the Pakistani Military in political engineering in the country, Terrorism, Indo-Pak Relations, the Jammu & Kashmir issue and the deteriorating political and economic situation in Pakistan.