August 3, 2020 – The Students' Herald

Editor’s Note: Crackdown!

August 3, 2020 News DeskEnglish

There is no doubt that there has been a long history of manipulation, control, forceful silencing and crackdown on dissenting voices and ideas in our country from colonial to post-colonial times. But ever since the Tabdeeli Sarkaar had held its…

Imagining a Nazi Pakistan: the swastikas of MMA

August 3, 2020 News DeskEnglish

By Salman Sikandar If we were to imagine a Nazi Pakistan, it won’t be something like we see in movies about Nazi Germany apparently. There won’t be any Swastikas hanging on huge red flags but there will be pictures of…

Freedom of Press

August 3, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Malaika Chishty Gathering, assessing and disseminating information to present it as news for the interest of masses is described as Journalism, and granting constitutional protection to Journalism is known as Freedom of Press.

“Split Identities: A Colonial Trauma.”

August 3, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Maryam Shakeel “Keh Hum Ek Ho Jaein” Pakistan’s social and political landscape always subsisted a dispute resting on ethnicity and identity conflicts. Balochistan, one of the most persistent subject to underdevelopment, could be considered as a residence of such clashes.…

Punjab Tahaffuz-i-Bunyad-i-Islam Bill 2020: the latest legislative attempt in censorship of dissenting voices

August 3, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Eshm Suhaib Pakistan has had a long, sordid history of laws that have been used and abused to silence those disagreeing with the state or mainstream beliefs. This trend, starting with Zia ul-Haq’s retrogressive policies, has appeared to continue with…