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Police Brutality in the Punjab

Punjab has seen a recent spate of incidents where individuals have face torture and even died in police custody. This has once again brought into question the sort of training police in Punjab undergo. While the inadequacy of police structures in Pakistan is a deep-seated problem, police in Punjab has come under greater scrutiny. Only in…

ByImaad HasanOctober 20, 20190Comments

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The Detention Camps for Muslims in India – Explained

In line with Modi’s Hindu nationalist agenda following the Kashmir grab, more than 4 million people in India, primarily Muslims, are at risk of being displaced by being declared migrants in their own country. On 13th September, news broke that the Indian government was building mass detention camps after nearly 2 million people were informed…

ByFarah JassawallaOctober 19, 20190Comments

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A quick look into the minorities that backed Brexit

Introduction The vote breakdown of Brexit is a telling tale in itself; majority of south part of UK and Wales voted to leave the EU while the northern counterparts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, together with some smatterings of vote from the south, supported the stance to remain in the EU. England and Wale’s comparatively…

ByWafa MalikOctober 9, 20190Comments

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Economics of Crime: Why does it Happen?

In the 1990s, across the United States of America (USA) crime rates dropped, across every state without exception. Over the years, many academics have come up with explanations on why this mysterious decline in crime started on such a massive scale. There are broadly two sides to this discussion, one which attributes the drop in…

ByZaid AbroOctober 6, 20190Comments

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To Impeach or Not to Impeach?

As the month of September concluded, the troubles plaguing Donald J. Trump’s administration only swelled. It appears as if the President has been enlisting the help of foreign leaders such as the Ukrainian president to dig up dirt on his political opponents. With this, the calls for impeachment proceedings have become even more vociferous. Democratic…

ByImaad HasanOctober 5, 20190Comments

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Justin Trudeau: An Obvious Choice for Canada?

The Scandals of Justin Trudeau – Explained The world-famous Prime Minister known for his charming personality and his progressive, ‘woke’ ideals has found himself in hot waters. In the past, the Prime Minister, has proudly claimed to be a feminist, pushed legislation to close the pay gap between men and women, has personally welcomed refugees…

ByFarah JassawallaOctober 2, 20190Comments

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Mapping the US Digital Divide

Three decades after the World Wide Web took the world by storm, smartphone ownership, access to and use of the Internet, and broadband adoption has grown on an enormous scale for Americans across the hierarchy of classes. However, despite the large-scale assimilation of technology into society and the narrowing of the digital divide, differences…

ByFarah JassawallaSeptember 28, 20190Comments

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The Debt Trap: The Case of Pakistan

Reading Time: 5 minutes While debt, in general, may not be all that bad and many countries borrow a massive amount of money from abroad, it may not be ‘good debt’ if it is taken to ease existing expenditures such as a fiscal deficit or to pay for imports. If…

ByZaid AbroSeptember 21, 20190Comments

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Hong Kong Protests – A Story of Resistance

On June 12th, the peaceful protest in Hong Kong devolved into a riot as police fired rubber bullets and tear gas in the protesters in Hong Kong. This was only one of many violence-filled protests that took place in light of the push for the extradition bill. The city consistently resists the attempt of China to…

ByFarah JassawallaSeptember 11, 20190Comments

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The Ins and Outs of Chinese Censorship

Ever since the Internet came into being, China has attempted and succeeded to monitor and control how its citizens use it. The Chinese government uses technology famously known as ‘The Great Firewall’ which has been engineered to block websites on a variety of sensitive topics such as democracy, human rights, and dissent. Nearly hundreds and thousands…

ByFarah JassawallaSeptember 6, 20190Comments

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