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Language and Privilege – The Cannoli Incident

Most of us have now been acquainted with the happenings of the “Cannoli Incident” as it has become known around social media. For any of you that decided to stay off of social media since the middle of this month, or are only aware of what happened through the multitude of memes that made the…

BySaad RashidJanuary 28, 20210Comments

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Anime and Pakistan: The Japanese Artform Making Its Way To Pakistani Living Rooms.

Anime and Pakistan are not two words that one would normally expect to hear together in the same sentence. For the longest time in Pakistan, the idea of consuming media from foreign cultures that are not either Western (largely Hollywood) or Indian (Bollywood or the soap serials that surround it) has been, well, foreign. Recently,…

BySaad RashidJanuary 25, 20210Comments

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The Devastating Prevalence of Violence against Transgender and Intersex Communities

Sexual orientation and gender identity are contested concepts within Pakistani society. Despite the differences between the two, they are often used interchangeably and are regarded as the same thing. While gender identity refers to the knowledge of your sex – knowing whether you are a man, a woman, or another gender, your sexual orientation is…

ByKhudeeja AsifJanuary 18, 20210Comments

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The Plight of the Hazara- A generational Curse

Introduction Pakistan, as a state, does not exactly have a stellar reputation when it comes to the treatment of ethnic and religious minorities. Be it the forced conversion of young Hindu girls, or the blatant killings of individuals of the Ahmadi faith, it seems that unless you are a Sunni and a Punjabi as well,…

BySaad RashidJanuary 12, 20210Comments

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India and Pakistan – Two stories about one place.

India and Pakistan are quite similar in culture, language, and cuisine. Even though the separation of the subcontinent came about ostensibly due to the fact that Muslims and Hindus could not live in a single state in harmony, we are more alike than we are dissimilar. We eat the same food, we have similar marriage…

BySaad RashidJanuary 6, 20210Comments

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Capital Punishment in Practice: The Courts’ Decision

Until recently, the world’s largest population on death row was in Pakistan. China has since surpassed us in this category, but we continue to follow second in line, neck to neck with the USA. Around six thousand people are waiting to be executed in Pakistan, which raises the question: who are these people? Why are…

ByKhudeeja AsifDecember 31, 20200Comments

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Needles Bias: The Stigma Surrounding Artists in Pakistan

The significance of art is made apparent quite early on in our lives, when we’re taught everything through colors and shapes in kindergarten. It is the foundation we build ourselves on from a very young age. Children’s books being just as visual as they are textual was never an aimless or arbitrary decision; it has…

ByZainab HasanDecember 7, 20200Comments

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DEPLORABLE STATE OF THE STRAY ANIMALS IN PAKISTAN

“If our ethical code makes a purely arbitrary distinction between humans and all other species, then we have a code based on naked selfishness devoid of any higher principle.” ― Jared Diamond On 14 th July 2020 , the head of Rabies Free Pakistan (RPF) organization Dr. Naseem Salahuddin woke up to the…

BySeirut JavedDecember 4, 20200Comments

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Climate change due to global warming; causes and effects in Pakistan.

Considering the current conditions around the world when it comes to environment and atmosphere, it is an easy derivation to establish that ever since the Pre Industrial Revolution, when coal and other natural resources were burned for light and other necessities, the earth’s climate has suffered acutely. Unbeknownst to the people then, however, was the…

ByKashmala KhalidDecember 2, 20200Comments

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Get to know about Pakistan’s Animation industry

In 1908 , French cartoonist named Emile Cohl created the first fully animated film named “Fantasmagorie” using some 700 drawings. Since then the industry has come a long way. In 2019 , the VFX, animation, and the gaming industry were valued at $264 billion. Pakistan jumped a little late in the game with the…

BySeirut JavedNovember 30, 20200Comments

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