Sajjad shah There is no escaping the reality that the White is being wiped out from the Green flag which is another grave issue facing the already unsafe minorities in Pakistan. It is unfortunate that the ascendancy in the persecution of minorities has become such a nerve-wrenching blowback to the weak White in our society….
By Ehtesham Hassan In Pakistan, it doesn’t take much before you can be labelled an infidel or traitor. Unfortunately, the very social media, which is supposed to be the bastion of democratic voices, is contributing to this ‘noise’. And how. Early this year, the news about the graves of members of the Ahmadiyya community being…
Every year students across the country unite and march on the roads in the name of “students solidarity march”. This year they’ll march on 27th November. What makes them go out on the roads? Why don’t they focus on their studies? Let’s delve deep into statistics to see what’s wrong. The 9th of February 1984…
Arooj Aurangzeb The word union is borrowed from old French and late Latin, meaning ‘one, unity/the state of being united or being undivided, uniting/action of uniting into one political body.’ If we are to remain true to the essence of the word ‘union,’ then student unions should be a platform where students of Pakistan and…
Hamza Wyne Bertolt Brecht once said “The worst illiterate is the political illiterate, he doesn’t hear, doesn’t speak, nor participate in the political events. The imbecile doesn’t know that from his political ignorance is born the prostitute, the abandoned child, and the worst thieves of all.” These are the lines on which student unions are…
Raza Gillani Why have we spent the last four years, presumably the most crucial time of our lives, organising at various campuses across the country and its administered areas on issues pertaining to student life, gender, education, class, ethnicity, race, etc.? Why have we wasted our time in searching for those who share our principles,…
Salman Rasool Owing to the last student’s March led by progressive students collective and other students organizations all over Pakistan for reanimation of student unions, 27th Nov is celebrated as students day in Pakistan. Student unions are wrongly associated with violence and are often seen as an obstacle for maintaining discipline and management. Decent activities…
Naveed Abbas Maitlo It is an evident fact that development at any phase is inherently linked with science and technology. Therefore, these two are proportional to each other. In a nutshell, science is the study of knowledge which is made into a system for enhancing analysis and understanding facts. Technology is the application of this…
Moeen Khan Libraries serve as the depository of the written historical record of the knowledge of religion’s, cultures and civilizations. Libraries have been the symbols of learning as mosques and churches are the symbols of religions. Beyond all libraries play an important role in providing the opportunity and it stores the energy that fuels the…
Umar Mehsud Political, legal, and social exploitation of women is nothing that is unheard of, but in the Pashtun society, it is more rampant. Whether during the British colonial rule or after the Afghan war, women’s exploitation continued throughout. Social attitudes towards women such as gender-based discrimination, sexual harassment, dowry, domestic violence, honor killings, and…
