NEW: UT Austin’s Faculty Council passed a new resolution this morning on the 'responses to on-campus protests.'

62% voted yes, 21% voted no and 17% abstained.

It calls for more transparency from UT over the decision to call in Texas DPS and amnesty for UT-affiliated protesters.

#StudentsAndRightToProtest
Read this enlightening piece by Respected Sarah Eleazar
Footprints: Students, not security threats dawn.com/news/1831331

A member of the Prog­ressive Students Colle­ctive (PSC) shouted this statement, interrupting the German ambassador’s ad­d­­ress on human rights at the Asma Jahangir Confe­rence org­a­nised in Lahore last week.
By Sarah Eleazar

#FreePalestine #psc
dawn.com/news/1831331

There's no drinking water in Sargodha. The acidic water from the ground & gutter has led to skin and eyes infections. We can hardly wash our faces let alone shower or cook. Please help us.

After the police left, the students reclaimed their campus and gathered together for the planned peaceful teach-in. The massive police presence and arrest of dozens of students was so unnecessary.

King's Geography King's Global Affairs Prof Nausheen H Anwar
My article on Lahore mob.

The point is to provoke a conversation around Pakistani masculinities, their toxicity and their corrosive impact upon not just women’s lives, but worse on men’s mental and physical well being.

thefridaytimes.com/27-Feb-2024/cl…

I’m putting together an online course for Kitab Ghar Lahore, a community library in Lahore, on anticolonial thought. Full scholarships available. All course fees will go towards maintaining the library and supporting its publications. Sign up here: bit.ly/AntiColonialTh…

Baloch women immortalized Banuk Karima by creating and naming a doch after her. Sounds like the revolution will be embroidered too.

This is not going to be a fair election BUT...

If you are going to vote, do so for the Haqooq-e-Khalq Party party where it has candidates, or for good independent candidates in your constituency.

What you absolutely should not do is vote for the Establishment's preferred partners.

Reporting: On 24th January, a right wing mob arrived at Maulana Asghar Ali’s home in Chhattisgarh, forced him out of his house and put him in their car. They said they’re taking him to the police station. When near the police station, they took him out of the car and began

My nomination papers for PP160 have been rejected by ECP. All documents were cleared during the scrutiny process, but invisible forces intervened later. We will go to High Court and have this decision reversed. The selection process will fail and democracy will prevail.

I filed my nomination papers for PP160 while Muzamil kakar filed his nomination papers from NA127 from HKP. We will contest on a manifesto defending workers' rights, democracy, environment, and the right to health & education. We will build an alternative, grassroots campaign.