Hundreds of students are currently sitting in front of Balochistan University’s main gate to protest a blackmailing and harassment scandal on the campus surrounding installation of hidden cameras at the women’s hostel and then using the recordings to harass and blackmail students. The scandal, which initially involved UoB’s security in-charge and surveillance officer, is deepening ...
In philosophy, the word argument offers a completely different meaning than the one that we commonly use in our daily speech. Contrary to its everyday nuance of squabbles, disputes and fights—arguments in philosophy are viewed as a set of statements in which premises (reasons) are given for the acceptance of a claim or a conclusion. ...
In this episode of our podcast series, Murid and Zahid discuss the details and implications of Balochistan University scandal. https://soundcloud.com/user-871791679/whats-happening-at-balochistan-university
What’s up with Pakistan’s nuclear threats at the UNGA? Zahid and Mureed discuss the complications of Pakistan’s civil and military relation. https://soundcloud.com/user-871791679/whats-up-with-pakistan
In this episode, our podcast panelists Zahid, Sameer and Mureed discuss liberal nationalism, free trade and today’s America for our Balochi listeners. https://soundcloud.com/user-871791679/what-is-liberal-nationalism
Quetta’s female doctors, house officers and medical students are protesting outside the Governor’s House, after police stormed their hostels three days ago to force them out. Female doctors and medical students of the Bolan Medical College (BMC) have been protesting against what they call ‘arbitrary allotments’ at the girls’ hostel for last many months. In ...
One Belt One Road (OBOR) or the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is China’s one trillion dollars transport and trade infrastructure grand vision to connect China to the rest of the world. Announced in 2013, belt refers to the road and railway networks and the road to the sea routes. It features several economic corridors: ...
کسانیا من سکّ لَٹّ وارتگ۔ سک شئیتان بوتگاں۔ ما که نُنّک هم بوتگیں، مارا سئے چیزا مکن کنگ بوتگ۔ ائولی اے که مَگربا رند ڈَنّا رئوگ نیست۔ دومی پیروئے هوٹلئے کَشا هم گوَزگی نهاِنت۔ اے دویں کانون من سَک کم رندا پروشتگاَنت۔ بله بیا که سئیمی کانونئے سرا من ماهے سئے چار رندا لازم لٹّ ...
The Headless Woman, or La Mujer Sin Cabeza, released in 2008, is the third feature film by the highly-regarded Argentian director Lucrecia Martel. Her prior films Swamp and Holy Girl also deal with similar subjects. The Headless Woman is almost universally praised for its cinematic form, as the director does not suggest anything through the ...
I am obsessed with reading novels, short stories, or any literature about people who left their homes, were expelled from their countries or persecuted. A part of keeping informed is I don’t get weary of watching movies and documentaries about the lives of refugees or victims of torture and imprisoned for unjust reasons. Of course, ...
