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Mouj: A silent sufferer and a valorous soul

May 24, 2021August 10, 2021 News DeskArticles

The following piece was contributed by an anonymous writer from Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The ongoing conflict in Kashmir has been the most formidable challenge for the Kashmiri mothers so far. The political situation has had a very critical…

Education, students and the new normal

May 24, 2021August 10, 2021 Azhar ArfanArticles

As we kick off 2021, we are still facing the uncertainty of when we can get away from the “new normal” to just, well, normal. Whether you entered university at the end of last year or have been studying for…

Remembering an Iconic Rights Lawyer

May 7, 2021February 1, 2022 News DeskArticles, English, News and Analysis

Earlier in April this year, Pakistan mourned the death of its Father of Human Rights, as Human Rights Watch called him, the legendary I. A Rehman. A teacher & mentor to his younger friends and comrades and fighter for all…

Who Exposed The Biggest Clandestine Colonial Carve-up In The Middle East?

April 20, 2021August 10, 2021 Muhammad ShakeelArticles

The Sykes-Picot agreement was a secret pact reached between France and England in 1916. The Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy were also in on the secret decision to divide Ottoman territories in the middle east to protect European…

Lahore’s Postcolonial Food Culture

April 20, 2021August 10, 2021 Rabia MalikArticles

Drive down the Main Boulevard and you’ll see the road surrounded by little cafes and restaurants offering cuisines from all over the world. For the overpriced, supposedly best desi food you’ll have to make your way into what was once…

Postcolonial Identity

April 20, 2021August 10, 2021 Arwa NomanArticles

The wrinkled hands of my mother gently caress through my hair and make me ponder whether I remind of touchwood; hope for a better future. The imbalance of her body tightly clutches my arm, as if I am the traverse…

Obituary: I. A. Rehman, a light in the darkness

April 20, 2021August 10, 2021 Jowdet SyedArticles

Last Tuesday Pakistan lost its “Father of Human Rights” Akhtar Rehman is famously known as I. A Rehman. His work encompasses women’s rights, Labour rights, Rights of the disappeared and for every oppressed voiceless of this country. That’s just the…

The colonial tactic of stifling dissent

April 20, 2021August 10, 2021 Hamza WyneArticles

In the wake of the British departure after the partition, the colonial legacy still lives on, the remnants of which have become a noose strung around the necks of present-day detractors of the government. One of the vile offshoots of…

DHAs Indifference Towards The Environment

March 24, 2021August 10, 2021 News DeskArticles

Defence Housing Authority is a supposedly private housing real estate company that constructs and manages the most elite suburban areas in Pakistan. The organization is famous for being a part of the military encroachment into Pakistani public life. DHA is…

Book Review: Rah-e-Azm

March 24, 2021September 4, 2021 News DeskArticles, Uncategorized

To live, get an education, earn a livelihood and then leave this world are not the only things humans are created for, humans are bestowed with additional and tremendous capabilities to understand and perceive the world around them. As we…