Footprints: Bernie barrels towards Super Tuesday
Senator Bernie Sanders appears to be dominating the polls.
Sarah Eleazar
Anti-Modi protesters make presence felt at rally
Raja Muzafar of the Kashmir Global Council says the voice of Kashmiris has been throttled because of the media ban.
Who should we vote for?
LAHORE: When it comes to metaphors surrounding politics, the umpire is meant to represent the will of the people,...
SITUATIONER: The parties and their promise of job creation
IT has been five years since Mohammad Talha — who lives in Usmania Colony, near Shimla Pahari — graduated from...
Smaller parties banking on people’s hope for change
The growing influence of smaller parties can be seen in the movements, protests, campaigns, and the odd spectacle.
Cost of running an election campaign
From excessive application fees to increased spending limits electoral politics is for the rich, funded by the rich.
Footprints: A PLACE FOR RECORD
Sitting behind a large desk, Syeda Shamim Asghar Jafri, research officer at the Punjab Archives, gesticulates...
Academics, friends remember anthropologist
LAHORE: Several academics from Pakistan paid tribute to late anthropologist Saba Mahmood, professor of anthropology...
Political, economic stability key to BRI dividends
LAHORE: Calling for reforms, transparency and strengthening regulatory mechanisms for industries, speakers at a...
A time to celebrate peace
LAHORE: The outpour of solidarity in the wake of the tragic attack on communities celebrating Nauroz or the Persian...
Sexual harassment in Pakistan: Breaking the silence on sexism in academia
Believing that taking action is more damaging than staying silent, most women continue to put up with harassment.
Footprints: REDISCOVERING THEATRE
THE open-air theatre at Lawrence Garden was packed with people enjoying a balmy Sunday last month dedicated to...
PM to focus on science and maths in new roadmap for education
PRIME Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has agreed to focus efforts on improving the state of learning in mathematics ...
Torture of blasphemy suspect, cousin: Departmental action recommended against four FIA officials
Probe found the four members of investigating team guilty of negligence.
CAMPUS CLASHES
It was nearing noon and the corridor leading to the entrance of the Punjab University’s Institute of Social and...
Bhagat Singh’s contribution to anti-colonial movement
LAHORE: Could Bhagat Singh be considered the greatest Indian of all time, asked a member of the audience at the...
‘Every dictator is a terrorist and every terrorist, a dictator’
Second edition of Afkar-e-Taza ThinkFest opens to a receptive audience
Tracing lasting psychological imprints of Partition
LAHORE: Pakistan and India have been involved in a proxy war in Afghanistan for the last 70 years, during which both...
On creating space for student politics
LAHORE: The word ‘politics’ has such negative connotations attached to it that most people find it easy and...
Silenced by any means
As activists take turns to condemn Raza’s disappearance, a steely sense of resolve settles upon them.