Shoaib Ghulam

MS Scholar Management Sciences

[Shoaib Ghulam @G73Shoaib]

@VisualCap Misleading facts again denying ground realities of many countries.

[Shoaib Ghulam @G73Shoaib]

@VisualCap I doubt on data representation, might be a misleading facts.

[Visual Capitalist @VisualCap]

Flashback Favorite 🔙

Ranked: The World’s Top Universities Outside of the U.S. 🎓

From the Archive: https://t.co/YtdoJqB8Il

[Shoaib Ghulam @G73Shoaib]

@SyedAsadHu17169 @Amina_Nur_005 مسلمان میں دو م آتی ہیں اور یہاں ایک دی ہوئی ہے۔

[Shoaib Ghulam @G73Shoaib]

@UrduVirsa Amin SumAmin Ya Rabbal Alamin!

[Shoaib Ghulam @G73Shoaib]

@haniabatool9 Indo-European languages it is case for feminine

[Cool_Ustaaz ☪ @Cool_Ustaz]

A 63-year-old woman in Azerbaijan has welcomed her first child after nearly 38 years of waiting to become a mother.

[Malik Ahmad Jalal @AhmadJalal_1]

LUMS at 30: A Great University. But Great for Whom?

In 2027, it will be 30 years since the first @LifeAtLUMS undergraduate class graduated. A good moment to ask a serious question: what has LUMS delivered — not just for its graduates, but for Pakistan?

Elite institutions matter. Greece had the Lyceum. America has the Ivy League. France has École Polytechnique. Each earned its legitimacy by building its own society first: #Oxford shaped Britain's political class, #Harvard shaped America's legal and intellectual leadership, École Polytechnique trained France's scientific elite. That is the benchmark for #LUMS.

The test is not whether LUMS graduates are bright or globally employable. It is whether Pakistan has become more productive, better governed, more intellectually serious, and more competitive because of LUMS. By that standard, the scorecard is dismal.

LUMS has benefited students, families, faculty, donors — and foreign employers who gain access to high-quality Pakistani talent. Its degree has improved careers, incomes, and mobility. But has LUMS delivered for Pakistan at the level of its reputation — and at the cost of a PKR 6–7 million undergraduate degree?

A few questions its trustees, faculty, and alumni should ask honestly:

1⃣ What proportion of LUMS graduates are are working in Pakistani enterprises — not just joining MNCs, donor agencies, consulting firms, or moving abroad? Many local businesses have quietly stopped hiring LUMS graduates, finding them disconnected from local realities, low on loyalty or humility, and treating their companies as a waiting room for Riyadh, London, or Silicon Valley.

2⃣ LUMS's own data suggests around 20% of students leave for graduate school abroad within five years, and up to 10% take jobs abroad — nearly 30% of its top talent exported within a few years of graduation. Is LUMS an elite training ground for Pakistan — or a low-cost feeder school for the US and Saudi Arabia? Families and Pakistan pay the cost; the productivity accrues to #SiliconValley, Riyadh, London, or Toronto. At scale, this talent leakage debilitates the system.

3⃣ Is there sufficient number of Pakistani philosophers, institution builders, and intellectual leaders LUMS has produced. Who from its alumni is shaping Pakistan's moral, constitutional, or social direction?

4⃣ What world-class research or original theories in management, economics, governance, or social sciences has LUMS produced that has raised Pakistan's profile in global academia — or has it mostly produced credentials for mobility?

This is not an argument against LUMS. Pakistan needs elite universities. But they must be judged by national contribution — not by alumni salaries, foreign placements, or glossy donor stories.

If Pakistan's best-trained graduates leave, local enterprises weaken, public institutions remain mediocre, and students are trained to look down on the country they come from — what exactly is the "greater good" being created?

The next 30 years of LUMS can be different. It can remain academically excellent, globally connected, and elite — while being deeply invested in local enterprise, research, and leadership.

The right question is how many graduates reach McKinsey, Google, Dubai, London, or Harvard -and - whether an elite LUMS creates elite responsibility, not just elite mobility. Whether Pakistan is succeeding because of LUMS, or continuing to decline despite it.

After 30 years, LUMS should publish a Pakistan ROI dashboard.

@BariFaisal @AliHasanain @umarsaif @SDSB_LUMS
@umairjav @hadia_majid @DrFarrahArif

[Shoaib Ghulam @G73Shoaib]

Who the fuck is Aqib Javed @TheRealPCBMedia @TheRealPCB_Live @TheRealPCB Mohsin Naqvi why games are being played against Babar Azam ?

[Shoaib Ghulam @G73Shoaib]

@haniabatool9 Sialkot

[سردار شفیق خان @Shafiqkhosa90]

عمر میرے بعد ایک آدمی اے گا اس کا نام ہو گا اویس قرن کی شاخ سے ہو گا ۔۔ سبحان اللّٰہ

[Rashid Mehmood Bangash @RashidMkhan79]

اگر سکول ٹیچر اپنا پٹرول اور بجلی کا بل دے سکتا ہے تو جج، بیوروکریٹس، سیاستدان اور دیگر سرکاری افسران کیوں نہیں ؟

ملک میں مفت خوری ختم کریں !

[Shoaib Ghulam @G73Shoaib]

Strongly Endorsed

[RTEUrdu @RTEUrdu]

🔴 دنیا میں سب سے زیادہ مساجد والے ممالک: https://t.co/CjKLrUmf6C

[Shoaib Ghulam @G73Shoaib]

@Wthmoni 14

[Shoaib Ghulam @G73Shoaib]

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[Truth Dare @waqar_masud1]

یہ ابراہیم ذولفقاری کی اصل ویڈیو ہے اسرائیل پر میزائل لانچنگ کے وقت۔ 🇮🇷✌️🇮🇷

[چین اردو @ChinaUrdu_]

گوادر دنیا کی گہری ترین بندرگاہوں میں سے ایک ہے.گہرائی تقریباً 14.5 میٹر سے زائد ہے،دنیا کے بڑے سے بڑے مال بردار جہاز یہاں براہ راست لنگر انداز ہو سکتے ہیں۔چین اور وسطی ایشیائی ریاستوں کا سمندری فاصلہ ہزاروں کلومیٹر کم ہو گیا ہے۔پوری دنیا کی توجہ کا مرکز۔

[Shoaib Ghulam @G73Shoaib]

MashaAllah a beautiful presentation

[Makhdoom Shahab-ud-Din @ShahabSpeaks]

🚨ترکی میں ایک مڈل سکول کے طلباء نے رمضان کی آمد پہ کتنا زبردست مظاہرہ پیش کیا. دیکھیں ذرا ! ❤️

[Shoaib Ghulam @G73Shoaib]

@theisogawd 😅😅😅

[Jimmy Virk - Imranian 🇵🇰 @JimmyVirkk]

اسرائیل کے پاس بیسویں ایٹم بم ہیں۔ لیکن عالمی امن کے لئے خطرہ ایران ہے جس کے پاس ایک بھی ایٹم بم نہيں ہے۔ یہ کیا منافقت ہے؟

برطانوی صحافی اور سیاستدان جارج گیلوے کی گفتگو کا خلاصہ