Stories by Ammar Rashid

Ammar Rashid is a researcher in development, public policy and public health who currently works as a senior researcher at Heartfile. He tweets @ammarrashidt.

SOCIETY: THE BATTLE FOR HEALTHY FOOD

Pakistan has only recently begun to develop an effective system for food safety and quality. However, federal-provincial... Published 03 Jan, 2021 07:31am

Covid-19 and Pakistan's raging NCD crisis

Covid-19 has reminded us of the potentially devastating interlinkages between NCDs and infectious diseases. Updated 09 Aug, 2020 11:27am

If student unions are bad for education, why are our controlled campuses ranked among the worst in the world?

The unconstitutional wrong of not restoring student unions must now be corrected once and for all. Updated 29 Nov, 2019 09:04am

Towards climate justice in the spirit of internationalism

The new youth climate movements represent a new phase in the struggle against climate breakdown. Updated 20 Sep, 2019 08:51pm

Will PTI’s housing programme address the root causes of the housing crisis?

If NPHP is left to the whims of the same interest groups that control urban land, it will reinforce current disparities. Updated 23 Mar, 2019 05:54pm

Asma Jahangir’s funeral and the ideology of gender segregation

Gender segregation is central to the patriarchal system that inhibits women’s progress in all walks of life. Updated 06 Mar, 2018 10:41am

After Faizabad – what is to be done ?

Faizabad shows us how rebuilding progressive organisations and collective spaces is critical if fascism is to be fought. Updated 08 Dec, 2017 06:12pm

Mashal's death is a result of the regression of our student politics

Pakistani universities aren't spaces for critical thinking, but apathy, ideological conformity, and moral conservatism. Updated 28 Nov, 2019 03:06pm

Why liberal politics is no answer to prevent the disappearances of activists

Pakistani progressives cannot continue to simply speak out – they must begin to politically organise. Updated 31 Jan, 2017 02:10pm

Gaza's state of exception

Pakistanis are in denial of injustices inside their borders, but the nature of the Gaza occupation is still exceptional. Updated 06 Aug, 2014 02:38pm