Student Unions: The need of hour?

Student Unions: The need of hour?

November 16, 2020November 20, 2021 Jowdut SyedArticles, English

In a propitious move, Prime Minister Imran Khan alluded that Student Unions can be revived. Responding to the voice of the youth, manifested in the form of solidarity marches held around the country by Students Prime Minister on 1st December,…

Virus, and the virus

November 15, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Ehtesham Hassan ( Dera Ismail Khan, KPK) The outbreak of a virus, covid19, has brought to fore another virus rarely noticed usually. After complete lockdown, almost every kind of human activity has come to a halt. There has been a…

Protest Against Harrasment in Islamia College University Peshawar

November 12, 2020January 25, 2022 Amjad MehdiEnglish, News Reports

Students of Islamia College University Peshawar held a protest walk on Wednesday inside the campus against sexual harrasment. A large number of female students participated in the protest with considerable number of male students as well. According to the students,…

پنجاب یونیورسٹی کے چھوٹے ملازمین کا احتجاج

November 11, 2020 News DeskNews Reports, Urdu & Other local languages

رپورٹ:محمد آزاد خان پنجاب یونیورسٹی ایڈمنسٹریٹو اینڈ ٹیکنیکل سٹاف ایسوسیشن کی جانب سے مورخہ 9 نومبر 2020 بروز سوموار کو دفاتر کی تالا بندی اور یونیورسٹیوں کی اعلیٰ انتظامیہ کے خلاف بھرپور احتجاج کیا گیا۔ ایسوسیشن کے جنرل سیکرٹری نے…

Editorial: Education for democracy

November 1, 2020November 16, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Formal education in this age has merely became a tool for state’s propaganda. Schools, colleges and universities are busy indoctrinating specific narratives into young minds, abstaining them from critical thinking and impartial analysis. Essence of democracy lies in free will…

موجودہ بحران میں لال لال تحریک کا کردار

November 1, 2020November 1, 2020 News DeskUrdu & Other local languages

حسنین جمیل فریدی ’سرفروشی کی تمنا اب ہمارے دل میں ہے‘ اور ’جب لال لال لہرائے گا تو ہوش ٹھکانے آئے گا‘ کے نعروں سے مقبول ہونے والی طلبہ تحریک نے بائیں بازو کی سیاست کو اک نئی جلا بخشی۔…

میرا بلوچستان

November 1, 2020 News DeskUrdu & Other local languages

تحریر: میر قیوم گچکی، پنجاب یونیورسٹی بلوچستان ایک خزانہ ہے اس کے جس پہاڑ کو کھودیں ایک نئی دھات، ایک معدنی زخیرہ آپ کو ملتا ہے لیکن بلوچستان تعلیم صحت سے محروم زندگی اور کئی مسائل میں گھرا ہے یہ…

Film Review: ‘Garam Hawa’ (1973)

November 1, 2020September 3, 2021 News DeskCultural Desk, English, Features

BY: Hamza Waqas ‘Garam Hawa’ (1973) tells the story of a Muslim family living in Agra, struggling to cope with the changes that have come with the partition of India. It is regarded as the first film that addressed the…

Why Education matters?

November 1, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Hamza Wyne The nexus between democracy and education is undeniably important. Both of them complement each other. Democracy is used as a means to educate and education, in turn, is utilized to solidify democratic ethos and principles – liberty, freedom…

“Answers their Questions; Don’t kill them”

“Answer their Questions; Don’t kill them”

November 1, 2020January 25, 2022 Amjad MehdiArticles, English

I am a part of a society where we have to think, before we think, to think it or, not to think it. Here questioning and thinking critically can lead to sedition or blasphemy. Your question either hurts religion or…