The transgender community deserves better treatment on October 2, 2018In September, Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar announced Supreme Court will hire two transgender people in an effort to give equal rights to the transgender community. The CJP also directed the National Database and Registration Authority to issue national identity cards to all members of the transgender community, giving them the right to identify […]
Remembering Kulsoom Nawaz on September 18, 2018On Tuesday, Sep. 11, Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, passed away in London, battling throat cancer. In 1999, when Pervaiz Musharaf overthrew the Nawaz government, Kulsoom Nawaz, an icon of democracy, resisted the dictatorship. A photo circulating on social media showed her car getting lifted by a crane during a […]
Thuggery in universities on September 3, 2018Recently a video went viral on social media in which an administrative officer of the Agriculture University of Peshawar threatened, dragged and pointed a gun at a student’s head. Students were submitting their semester fees waiting in a long queue for their turn, whilst the administration selectively helped some individuals bypass the process. The Vice […]