What is ‘agency’ and how is it exercised?
Reshma Parveen-Musofer In literature agency is defined as a personal capacity. It is the feeling of gaining control
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Opinion
A South Asian union
Dr Asim Sajjad There is no chance of a South Asian union anytime soon. The Modi government’s revocation of
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Who is scared of student power?
By Asfand Yar The ‘Student Solidarity March’ held on November 29, has stirred the status quo and jolted the power
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Unimagining Gilgit-Baltistan
The case of Gilgit-Baltistan is a clear manifestation of the failure of the political imagination of Pakistan’s ruling class by
Read MoreBook review: For aid effectiveness, better spending, localizing global SDGs needed
A new book highlights gaps between aid agencies and communities, the efficacy of aid in poverty reduction and human development
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Socialism ought to come back: Francis Fukuyama
The End of History author on what Karl Marx got right, the rivals to liberal democracy and why he fears
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Martial law in KP
KP Actions (in Aid of Civil Power) Ordinance 2019 is a disgraceful law that violates fundamental rights, principles of justice and
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Gilgit-Baltistan: Under the shadow of ‘new great game’ and new status quo in Kashmir-I
By Ghulam Amin Beg On Tuesday, September 14, 2010, I had written this article and published on the Simurgh Institute
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Women’s Action Forum: looking back on 38 years activism
Herald Report As we celebrate the near four decades struggle launched by women activists for equal rights in Pakistani society
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PTI’s slogan of ‘change’ has proven farce: Asim Sajjad
‘Neither the begging bowl has been broken nor 5 million jobs and 100m houses provided’ Farman Ali Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s government
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The Political Economy of Women’s Liberation
The position of women rests, as everything in our complex society, on an economic base.—Eleanor Marx and Edward Aveling by Margaret Benston The
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A collective vision for Gilgit-Baltistan
Gilgit-Baltistan has recently seen peace, tranquility and social harmony after being plagued by sectarian violence for nearly three decades. Amir
Read MoreOur Kashmiriyat was pro-poor and anti-landlord
Article 370 enabled Kashmir to give land to the tiller. Today, that freedom is gone by Nyla Ali Khan The
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Opinion: Imran Khan — one year of stumbling ineptitude
Prime Minister Imran Khan promised to provide relief to citizens when he came to power last year, but his government
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Kashmir lockdown: The silence is the loudest sound
https://www.nytimes.com/video/players/offsite/index.html?videoId=100000006653817/ The Indian government has confined about seven million Kashmiris to their homes and imposed a complete communications
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