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Ensuring Freedom?

August 18, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Rabia Wali Are we free or still entangled in some colonial myth of Law and order which helped to detain people for as long as one fell in the broad spectrum of preventive laws? No, we are not, which further…

A Modest Proposal

August 13, 2020August 18, 2020 News DeskEnglish

By: Ali Mehdi Zaidi Inequality of education is a process on a spectrum. There are the entirely excluded. Individuals who, either because the vile uncle does not like women educated or because even the desire for education struggles to survive…

Editor’s Note: Digital Divide

August 10, 2020August 18, 2020 News DeskEnglish

The huge divide in our education system is known to everyone in Pakistan, so this edition of The Students’ Herald aims to highlight another serious aspect of this divide. This aspect became magnified in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdowns: the immense…

On Human Nature and Socialism

August 10, 2020August 18, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Fatima Shahzad How many times have you heard, “Socialism is inconsistent with our nature because human beings are inherently selfish” or that “Hierarchies exist in nature, thus an egalitarian society cannot exist”? Unfortunately, this is a notion all too common…

Editor’s Note: Crackdown!

August 3, 2020 News DeskEnglish

There is no doubt that there has been a long history of manipulation, control, forceful silencing and crackdown on dissenting voices and ideas in our country from colonial to post-colonial times. But ever since the Tabdeeli Sarkaar had held its…

Imagining a Nazi Pakistan: the swastikas of MMA

August 3, 2020 News DeskEnglish

By Salman Sikandar If we were to imagine a Nazi Pakistan, it won’t be something like we see in movies about Nazi Germany apparently. There won’t be any Swastikas hanging on huge red flags but there will be pictures of…

Freedom of Press

August 3, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Malaika Chishty Gathering, assessing and disseminating information to present it as news for the interest of masses is described as Journalism, and granting constitutional protection to Journalism is known as Freedom of Press.

“Split Identities: A Colonial Trauma.”

August 3, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Maryam Shakeel “Keh Hum Ek Ho Jaein” Pakistan’s social and political landscape always subsisted a dispute resting on ethnicity and identity conflicts. Balochistan, one of the most persistent subject to underdevelopment, could be considered as a residence of such clashes.…

Punjab Tahaffuz-i-Bunyad-i-Islam Bill 2020: the latest legislative attempt in censorship of dissenting voices

August 3, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Eshm Suhaib Pakistan has had a long, sordid history of laws that have been used and abused to silence those disagreeing with the state or mainstream beliefs. This trend, starting with Zia ul-Haq’s retrogressive policies, has appeared to continue with…

Editor’s Note: Past Resistance Paves Way for the Future

July 12, 2020 News DeskEnglish

This week, The Students’ Herald is recalling two tragic events from our country’s history. The first event is the military coup led by General Ziaul Haq against the government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. The second event is the demise of…