By Umar Khan In 2006, President General Musharraf during his tenure allocated a project for students of FATA and Balochistan. In this project, HEC would conduct a test and on the basis of the test, 29 pass students would be given scholarships by HEC. Some time later, the project was revised and the number of…
Haris Ahmad Khan I’m a student of Punjab University also associated with Progressive Students Collective(PSC) Lahore. I came to Lahore on 26th January from Muzaffarabad after three months. Students were protesting here against physical exams after online classes. As PSC works to solve student issues so it has joined peaceful protests. Protest at University of…
By: Hassan Bilal The world has been under the siege of coronavirus since 2019. The carnage of people remains active under the auspice of this virus. The World is trying to defeat the pandemic meanwhile among umpteen measures taken by the government of Pakistan to curb this pandemic, some embodied an encyclical by the authorities…
By: Kalsoom Fatima What kind of reaction do you expect from a community which has been targeted for many years, without knowing what exactly their fault was? From a person who has been witnessing since his childhood to gunfire and explosions? Balochistan is the largest province in Pakistan and also known as the land of…
By: Usama Malick A pandemic is commonly defined as the worldwide spread of a novel disease. Come the year 2020 and nobody knew that it would bring in its wake a disastrous pandemic—namely coronavirus— leaving the people with no option but to remain indoors and avoid mass gatherings. To a great extent, it was feasible…
Sanaullah Kakar It has been three years since Naqeebullah Mehsud, and his companions were assassinated in a fake encounter in January 2018. The grassroots are no stranger to these fake encounters, enforced disappearances, and Corpse waded in the parcel (bori bannd lash). They witness these vices on day to day basis. Let’s down to the…
Hamza Waqas Lashkar E Jhangvi (LeJ) is one of the most violent Deobandi terrorist organizations that still operate in Pakistan. The group has claimed responsibility for several heinous crimes against humanity in the past and continues to advocate for Shi’a Muslims to be legally declared non-Muslims. What are described as off-shoots and allies of the…
Students of University of Central Punjab Lahore (UCP) were beaten by UCP security guards while Punjab Police baton-charged NFC University in Faisalabad for protesting against their respective institutes’ administrations today. At least a dozen students injured due to baton-charge by the security of the University of Central Punjab for protesting fee hike & on-campus exams…
Dr Muhammad Zubair, former Chairman of Department of Political Science, Gomal University, has been fired after harassment allegations against him were proven right. A few weeks ago, an MPhil student of the Department of Political Science accused Prof Zubair of sexual harassment. In an open letter to Vice-Chancellor, she alleged that Prof Zubair compelled her…
