Pakistan – The Students' Herald

پاکستان کا ٹوٹا ہوا ہاتھ یا توڑا ہوا؟

December 16, 2022March 24, 2023 Qurban AliArticles, Urdu & Other local languages

یہ جو موجودہ پاکستان ہے ،یہ بنگالیوں کی مرہونِ منت ہے حقیقت تو یہ ہے ڈاکٹر علامہ محمد اقبال سے پہلے آزاد ریاست کا خواب بنگالی دیکھ چکے تھے اور اسے 1905 میں عملی جامہ پہنا کر انگریز سرکار اور کانگریس پر واضح کر چکے تھے۔

A case of competing political theologies

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 News DeskArticles, English, News and Analysis, News Reports

Recent case of mob violence in Sialkot has brought again the blasphemy to the fore. The issue is thought of as extremist violence of fanatic religious mob stripped off of any political depth and meaning in it, which is another…

TLP and the Gift of the Praetorian State

November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 News DeskArticles, English, News and Analysis

On the 22nd of October 2021, the infamous Tehreek e Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) had started mass demonstrations in Lahore in preparation for its Long March towards Islamabad. This far right Islamist group had started these riots in response to the…

Editorial: The Rise of Religious Fundamentalism in South Asia

May 24, 2021September 4, 2021 News DeskEditorial

In the last few months South Asia especially Pakistan, Bangladesh and India had to face large-scale religiously motivated extremism, in the form of violent protests or such acts which risked public lives. In Pakistan and Bangladesh people took over the…

Remembering Antonio Gramsci

April 27, 2021May 5, 2021 News DeskFeatures

On this day in 1937, the Italian Marxist and theorist Antonio Gramsci died in captivity of the Italian Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini.In addition to being a Marxist philosopher, Gramsci was also a journalist, linguist, writer and politician. He wrote…

Lashkar e Jhangvi’s History of Hate and Violence

February 2, 2021September 2, 2021 News DeskArticles, English, Features, News and Analysis

Hamza Waqas Lashkar E Jhangvi (LeJ) is one of the most violent Deobandi terrorist organizations that still operate in Pakistan. The group has claimed responsibility for several heinous crimes against humanity in the past and continues to advocate for Shi’a…

Harassment Case: Gomal University Political Science Professor Fired

January 20, 2021January 26, 2022 News DeskEnglish, News Reports

Dr Muhammad Zubair, former Chairman of Department of Political Science, Gomal University, has been fired after harassment allegations against him were proven right. A few weeks ago, an MPhil student of the Department of Political Science accused Prof Zubair of…

Never-ending Violence Against Women in Pakistan

September 20, 2020 News DeskEnglish

By Usama Malick It is heart-rending to see the newspapers these days emblazoned with the headlines describing the reprehensible & barbaric gang-rape of a woman who was on her way from Lahore to Gujranwala. There is no…

It is not safe to be anything in Pakistan right now!

September 20, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Shireen Rizvi Within just two week span we witnessed some horrific realities were seen the in form of violence and hatred. A woman got raped in front of her children on Lahore to Gujranwala motorway. This news spread like a…

Religious bigotry in India and Pakistan

August 18, 2020August 19, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Chandan Kumar Divided subcontinent attained independence from the British colonial regime on the eve of 15th August 1947. Several ideological differences led to the creation of two new countries with similar history of resistance against oppression and repression of dissent.…