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Irrfan Khan – South Asia’s Finest

May 3, 2020 News DeskArticles

Ramis Shah Daryaa bhi mein, Darakht bhi mein… Jhelum bhi mein, Chinaar bhi mein Dair bhi hoon, haram bhi hoon Shia bhi hoon, Sunni bhi hoon, main hoon Pandit…

Criticism or terrorism?

May 3, 2020 News DeskNews and Analysis

Rabia Wali A.V. Dicey, in his book Introduction to the Study of Law of Constitutions posed the question of who gives birth to whom; whether rights give birth to the constitution or whether the constitution gives birth to rights; whether…

Rethinking laws leading to extremism

May 3, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Aminah W. Chaudhry Usually, laws against certain acts are created when things related to it start getting out of hand and there is a serious need to stop such acts. The blasphemy laws, however, are unique in the sense that…

COVID-19 and the case for Student Unions

May 3, 2020 News DeskArticles

Salman Sikandar As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic hit Pakistan, all universities began sending fee notifications to students, even though the so-called online classes they were conducting cannot be in any measure be equated with real classes. Some universities went…

Editor’s Note: Students & Workers, Unite!

April 26, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Workers of the world – caught in quarantine lockdowns across the globe – will not be able to march on the streets this year to mark International Workers’ Day on May 1. Despite steps taken by various governments to ensure…

Student-Worker Solidarity: Past, Present & Future

April 26, 2020 News DeskFeatures

Farooq Tariq reflects on the days when student unions dominated campuses

سبھے انسان برابر، پر مزدور تے سرمایہ دار چہ ڈاڈھا فرق کیوں؟

April 26, 2020 News DeskUrdu & Other local languages

حسنین جمیل فریدی قرنطینہ دی ایہناں دناں وچ تھوڑی دیر لئی سوچو کہ دنیا چہ مزدور مک جاون، اوہ فیکٹریاں ، کارخانے جتھے مزدور سویر، ڈیگر تے شامیں بہہ کے ساڈے لوڑ دیاں شیواں بناندے نیں اوہ کم کرنا چھڈ…

Students-Worker Solidarity: Resisting Subcontracting at LUMS

Student-Worker Solidarity: Resisting Subcontracting at LUMS

April 26, 2020 News DeskFeatures

Kumail Haider Jafri In April 2019 a protest was organized at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) where workers demanded salaries to be handed over to them before the Easter holiday. Students soon joined the protest and workers were able…

Are You Suffering From Quarantine Privilege?

April 26, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Shireen Rizvi The year 2020 started with some disastrous circumstances affecting nearly every field of life. From tensions rising between nuclear powers Pakistan and India, to a treacherous bushfire in Australia, we saw political and climate instability at its peak.…

Time to Rethink the System

April 26, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Mansoor Ahmed Kataria The Covid-19 has taken over the world suddenly, giving no time to governments to fight back in an organized manner. The more the virus spreads, the more the conspiracy theories came out. The blame-game between America and…