Postcolonial Identity

Postcolonial Identity

April 20, 2021August 10, 2021 News DeskArticles

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 News DeskArticles

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 News DeskArticles

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…

Aurat March in mainstream discourse; trials and triumphs

March 7, 2021April 20, 2021 News DeskArticles

Aurat March has become a voice of the voiceless women in Pakistani who have been exploited, harassed, subjected to violence. This part of our population is amongst the subaltern in the social sphere, and yet makes more than 50% of…

Pakistani Feminists:(Re)claiming Space, Defining Change

March 7, 2021April 20, 2021 News DeskArticles, Features

The Pakistani Aurat is in feist to get what she wants, ready to step out of the safety of her house and join her female-counterparts in seemingly endless conversations and efforts over what the new season will bring. This is…

Why universities need to pay more attention to campus counselling

March 7, 2021August 10, 2021 News DeskArticles

Throughout my education in different institutes, I have been to the counselling room just once. The counsellor asked two other students and me from our sophomore class to visit her office to let us know that we have to do…

Aurat Azadi: We March… And We Bleed

March 7, 2021August 10, 2021 News DeskArticles

Patriarchal dogma hinders women’s progress by deeming them lesser, weaker, and at times, impure. Nature has bestowed the female body with an amazing ability to breed life. And with life comes blood. Most women bleed or have bled at some…

Dr Ruth Pfau: Mother Teresa Of Pakistan

March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 News DeskArticles

Great people keep coming to this mortal universe. They live a life full of purposes. Dr Ruth is one of those brilliant minds & captivating sea-shores who lived for humanity. She was a medical doctor of leprosy. She moved from…