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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…

Pandemic, Nature and Technology

July 12, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Usama Malick A pandemic is commonly defined as the worldwide spread of a novel disease. If we look in the hindsight, we will get to have a number of accounts of gory pandemics that ravaged the human lives beyond the…

Why the culture of corporal punishment must end

July 12, 2020 News DeskArticles

Saba Chaudhary Child abuse and corporal punishment is very serious issue that needs to be addressed. Recently, on the plea of celebrity activist Shehzad Roy, the Islamabad High Court banned corporal punishment in schools, but this ruthless practice sadly still…

The Students' Herald

Editor’s Note: Past Resistance Paves Way for the Future

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

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

Razing the Fortress of Oppression

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

Pandemic, Nature and Technology

Why the culture of corporal punishment must end

Healthcare Crises in AJK

Teach Us Our History

Flaws in our democratic system