Libraries in the peripheries

November 20, 2020 News DeskEnglish

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…

Jirga System and Pashtun Women

November 16, 2020 News DeskEnglish

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…

Film Review: Swipe

November 16, 2020September 2, 2021 News DeskCultural Desk, English

Hamza Waqas, Balach Khan Puffball studio’s new short animated film, titled Swipe, is being screened in collaboration with universities and schools around the country. The film comes after the massive success of their previous work, Shehr e Tabassum (The city…

A Story of struggle

November 16, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Jazeb Ajmal The plant of the fertile homeland of Pakhtunkhwa, which emerged as a flower, has become a beacon for millions of students today. Ajmal Farooqi, He hails from the city of flowers’ Peshawar. Today he graduated from Peshawar Degree…

Helpless Students

November 16, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Usama Malik Hopes shatter, skyrocketing zeal dashes to the ground and expectations breathe last when a student at the end of every semester during his university life—despite topping the class— has to beseech to The Heavens that his university dues…

Not Just A Dream

November 16, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Farrukh Javed I had a very hectic day and on the way back, the news on an online podcast hit my ears. “There is no more space for dissent in Pakistan.” I sighed and closed my eyes. I wondered where…

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,…

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…