Nonviolence and the civil rights movement won the battle, but lost the war, as it did not have an impact on the prejudices that existed within the system, writes Musa Syed
Lutfullah Khan The other day, I saw a video circulating on social media where a small girl sitting on her uncle’s shoulder was chanting a slogan with an innocent smile on her face: “My dad changed the world.” She was…
Muhammad Sohaib Rehmani As the world goes through a pandemic, there have been talks about how things would change after all of this is over. Two lessons that the developed and developing world have learnt during this crisis: there is…
Hamza Wyne There is a lot of debate about the 18th amendment in the national discourse these days. A neglected aspect of this discussion is the fact that apart from bringing reforms in the political sphere of the country, this amendment…
Faris Ali I once visited the slums of Lahore with some of my leftist friends. I was not astonished to see that people living there have nothing – they survive on one meal a day, maybe two when they are…
Ali Hamza States are a conglomeration of people of all sorts. Some are in cahoots with the state for whatever its policy might be, while others are dissidents, not entirely accepting all these policies. The modern democratic system has a…