Resistance – The Students' Herald

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…

Editor’s Note: Viva La Resistance!

June 21, 2020 News DeskEnglish

This edition of The Students’ Herald is a continuation of the campaign led by students on issues facing higher education in Pakistan. There are multiple facets of this struggle which have all been amplified in the wake of the global…

Resistance in the pandemic

June 21, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Munir Uddin The outbreak of this pandemic initially brought all activities of the world, be they economic, political or educational, to standstill, at least for some time. Having realized the reality of living with it for a long time, new…

Black Lives Matter and Resistance

June 7, 2020 News DeskOpinions and Comments

Many people know Martin Luther King as having led the march against racism, but hardly any are aware that he was organizing a march against poverty, for socialist policies to redistribute wealth, writes Fatima Shahzad

Carrying the Torch of Resistance

April 19, 2020 News DeskOpinions and Comments

Mashal Khan left his legacy of resistance within us, writes Shireen Rizvi

Stop Appropriating Songs of Resistance

April 19, 2020 News DeskOpinions and Comments

Salman Sikandar, Aminah Chaudhry Recently, a video of some young people dancing on a mehendi went viral and drew criticism on social media. Many people were offended, not because they objected to the dance moves, but because the song used…