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George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter Movement: Protesting for Freedom in America

Black Lives Matter is more than just an anthem being chanted by hundreds of thousands of protestors around the globe. Besides being a slogan and a hashtag, the phrase is a statement of fact. The campaign advocating for the safety of black lives is not a new one, but recent incidents have sparked its movement…

ByKhudeeja AsifJune 8, 20200Comments

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Stress on Familial Ties Due to Social Distancing and Quarantine

COVID-19 is not only testing the human race only medically but also socially and mentally. The amount of burden that is being on every individual’s nerves due to economic instability, fear of falling ill or a loved one catching the virus and fear of separation due to quarantine, death of a loved one and after-effects…

BySeirut JavedJune 6, 20200Comments

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The Shaky Case of Mohammad Amir: Why Fans Still Resent Him

Mohammad Amir has perhaps had the most up-and-down career out of the current players in the Pakistani cricket team. He was a stellar talent when he came onto the world cricketing stage at the age of 17 and he is still is a stellar talent with big-match performances, but why do the fans continue to…

ByAbdullah KhalidJune 5, 20200Comments

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A Formidable Hunter: The Elusive Snow Leopard in Pakistan’s North

Both Dreaded and Wanted It is quite strange to imagine the harshness and frigidness of the cold Gilgit-Baltistan as a haven for any living being. Yet the treachery of this rugged landscape is tantamount to the viciousness of its top predator; the big cat roams these 80,000 km 2 (31,000 square miles) grounds in…

ByWafa MalikJune 1, 20200Comments

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The Future of Social Distancing – Pakistan and Other Countries

Since March 18th, Pakistan has been in some kind of lockdown, with the first step taken by educational institutes such as LUMS after a coronavirus scare when a delegation of 15 plus students came home from a MUN conference in Turkey. By the time all of those students tested negative, the rest of the country…

ByFarah JassawallaMay 29, 20200Comments

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The PK8303 Crash: What Does It Mean for Aviation Safety?

What happened to PK8303? The investigation into the crash of PK8303 began recently. Two passengers survived the crash with the remaining approximately 100 passengers and crew members perishing in the incident. According to the CEO of PIA, Arshad Malik, the pilot reported a problem with the engines and failed to land on the first attempt.…

ByImaad HasanMay 27, 20200Comments

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Mistreatment by Pakistani University Administrations: The LSE Dean’s Questionable comments and the LUMS Fee Hike

Administrations of Pakistani universities have been mistreating students for a long while. In early May, LUMS suddenly increased its fees by up to 41% causing significant media attention and uproar from the student and parent community of LUMS. Now the Dean of Business at Lahore School of Economics (LSE) has poked fun at a Swabi…

ByAnonymousMay 25, 20200Comments

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The History of Blaming Communities for Disease

As we have often seen throughout history, majority social groups find it politically prudent or personally convenient to blame certain communities for disasters and problems. As the Coronavirus pandemic began to take hold across the world, certain populations began casting looks to see whom they could attribute this to. It is almost unsurprising that racism…

ByImaad HasanMay 21, 20200Comments

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Will Pakistan’s scorching heat be enough to defeat COVID-19?

For months people have been hoping that coronavirus will go away in the summer and key public figures have voiced their hopes for it to go away too, while many news organisations have called it a ‘myth’. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan’s “hot and dry weather” will mitigate COVID-19 for which…

ByMahnoor KhalidMay 19, 20200Comments

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How cigarettes and smoking became prominent in movies and television

If you are watching an international film or television show from any movie industry, chances are that you will see a character smoking a cigarette. Over the last century, smoking has swiftly turned from a social deviance to a norm in popular culture but how did it get to this point? How smoking is a…

ByMahnoor KhalidMay 18, 20200Comments

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