TFT CURRENT ISSUE | May 10-16, 2013 - Vol. XXV, No. 13 The Friday Times
Sir, I think it is unfair to blame religion for the decay of scientific fervor particularly among the Muslims. Science flourished best during tyrannical eras - a fact that is quite evident from a look history. Pakistan is replete with scientists but they are merely academics or copy cats having little or no talent or inclination for technical or innovative work. It's a pity not knowing even a single Pakistani scientist who has made any technological accomplishment in the last few decades, and there is a lack of any patent for any tangible invention of any type. It is self-motivation and not religious beliefs that tend to bring scientific and technological progress. Even government funding is not necessarily required for scientific work. One just ought to have a will. Were it not so, some Muslims wouldn't have won acclaims for their scientific achievements abroad. Here in Pakistan, poverty, non-protection of intellectual property rights, and a lack of appreciation are the main reasons why our people lag behind in the field of scientific and technological innovation and inventions.
Mazhar Butt, Karachi.
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