Beyond the Borders: The Birth Anniversary of Bangladesh Students’ Union

April 26, 2020 News DeskEnglish

On this day in 1952, the East Pakistan Students’ Union was formed. Founded as the East Pakistan Students’ Union, the organization was formed from the embers of the Language Movement and served as the progressive vanguard of the student movement.It…

Uthega Anal Haq Ka Naara

April 26, 2020 News DeskEnglish, Poetry

Malaika Chishty ہم پرورش لوح و قلم کرتے رہیں گے جو دل پہ گزرتی ہے رقم کرتے رہیں گے

Editor’s Note

April 19, 2020 News DeskEnglish

This week, the pages of The Students’ Herald are dedicated to the brilliant life and powerful legacy of Comrade Mashal Khan. On April 13, 2017, Mashal Khan was immortalised as a symbol of resistance to the horrors that dominate our…

Rethinking Higher Education System in Pakistan in Response to COVID-19

April 19, 2020 News DeskEnglish

By Mariam Sheikh As learning shifts to digital spaces in Pakistan, the COVID-19 crisis has brought forward clear existing differences in the educational experiences of students across the country. Students are suddenly forced into a cobweb of anxieties, uncertainties and…

Lessons from COVID-19

April 19, 2020 News DeskEnglish

By Raja Faheem Shoukat Dhirkot, Bagh, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Sometimes painful things teach us lessons that we didn’t think we need to learn. Reminding us of the important things in life that we seem to have forgotten,

The Power Relation Of State And Citizen

April 19, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Mariam Hassan Naqvi Few days ago, a female SHO was attacked by a religious mob in Karachi while she was trying to abstain them from offering the Friday prayer which was banned by the provincial government as a precaution of…

Online Classes: A Dream in Baluchistan

April 19, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Nawaz Elahi ,Turbat, Kech Baluchistan is a resourceful province with largest area yet have lowest literacy, infrastructure and educational rate. Internet has become an essential necessity in all aspect of life of today’s modern world and its availability is not…

What about Student Unions?

April 12, 2020 News DeskEnglish

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…

Editor’s Note

April 12, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Welcome to the first edition of The Students’ Herald, an endeavour by Progressive Students Collective to create an independent platform which represents voices of young people across the country, and beyond.

Boycott of Online Classes Continues

April 11, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Author: Progress Students Collective The campaign around online classes has entered its fourth week now. Students in across the country have rejected these online classes on various grounds. We have raised these concerns on multiple social and administrative platforms – through…