Interview with Zanaya Ch a Transgender Activist on issues of transgender community in Pakistan especially regarding education by

July 16, 2020 News DeskUrdu & Other local languages

Ali Raza and Qamar Abbas سوال: اسلام و علیکم کیسی ہیں آپ ؟ جواب: میں بالکل ٹھیک ٹھاک۔ سوال: کرونا کے بعد لاک ڈاون میں کیا سرگرمیاں چل رہی ہیں آپ کی ؟ جواب: بلاشبہ کرونا وائرس نے لوگوں کو…

Editor’s Note: Campaign For Access to Internet and Education Will Continue

June 28, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Last week, after many months of campaigning for access to internet and the right to education, students in Quetta faced the wrath of the state. Failing to provide any concrete solutions to resolve this longstanding issue, state authorities felt compelled…

Our Struggle: ‘My parents sacrificed everything so that I could go to university’

June 14, 2020 News DeskFeatures

Haider Butt I was born in a poor household in a working class neighbourhood. It is adjacent to an industrial area so our neighbours were mostly factory workers and their families. My father was a trade unionist and a labour…

Online-Isation of Education

June 14, 2020 News DeskArticles

Uzair Salman Online education may for now be the only option at the disposal of governments across the globe given the near-global lockdown, but it comes with a cost no government, especially one governing a developing nation, is ready to…

COVID-19 and Education for Students in Peripheries

June 14, 2020 News DeskArticles

Muhammad Bezinjo The outbreak of the contagious COVID-19 virus in Pakistan has disrupted social life and the economy of the country. The pandemic has also affected the education sector and universities were forced to adopt the online lecture system. This…

18th Amendment and the Right to Education

May 17, 2020 News DeskArticles

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…

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…

Invest More in Education, Not Defence

April 11, 2020 News DeskArticles

Billions of dollars in defence spending has proven futile

Launching soon!

April 5, 2020 News DeskEnglish

We are launching Pakistan’s first online publication dedicated to the issues of students. Since the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the world to come to a halt, our first issue focuses on how education has been disrupted in Pakistan, and the struggles of students as they cope with this contagion.
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