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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…

‘To Remain Silent is to Die’: Poetry as Resistance during the Zia Era

July 12, 2020 News DeskEnglish, Poetry

Maryam Mirza There is a strange melancholy in reminiscing about Zia ul Haq’s era. Strange because I, as a mind and body, have not lived through it – yet the historical memory of the dictatorial regime remains omnipresent in almost…

Letter of support for the Student Action Committee (SAC) from the Students’ Union of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen.

July 12, 2020 News DeskEnglish

The Students’ Herald In the Students’ Union of the Faculty of Humanities we support the fight for free and equal education for all, and as such we support the ongoing student protests in Pakistan led by the SAC. We support…

Razing the Fortress of Oppression

July 12, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Maryam Shakeel “Yeh Hisaar-e-Sitam Koi Tou Giraye Ga” In the wake of the global pandemic, Balochistan’s educational system is once again under the siege of various catastrophic limitations. Students of Balochistan lack proper internet facilities and are struggling to save…

Online education is the future, so what holds it back?

July 12, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Taqveem Warraich What was once impossible appears to be a new reality today. Man has always been in a state of war against nature and has seemingly evolved and helped in making this world more liveable than before. Pandemics or…