By Rimsha Ali Shah Holding the lead pencil in her hand, Sadia wondered, what could she possibly draw when all she could see was darkness? Up until the age of 12, Sadia had no problem in seeing the things around her. An unfortunate illness, however, left her visually impaired. Sensing ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah Shuffling through her notes and adding short pointers hurriedly before her turn to plead the case, Hareem was back where she embraced her interest in mooting. It was the same courtroom with the same competitive energy Hareem knew too well from last year when she participated ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah As a student of veterinary medicine at the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore, Samiya Farooq held a strong belief in overhauling agricultural that were more suited to preserving the climate and the habitat. Fast forward four years and now she is the first ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah Traveling with their family for a picnic to a nearby picnic spot, young Aliya and Ali were horror-struck to see the once lush green forest torn down with machines and engulfed with clouds of dust. They learn all the trees had been chopped off to pave ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah Tanzeela Bashir, an alumna of the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program, vividly recalls the poor condition of sanitation and hygiene in the school where she studied till Class 9th. “The restrooms were always in a dismal condition, the water filtration plant hardly worked, and there was no ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah. Fulbright alumnus Qobiljon Shokirov, along with his counterparts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and China, was studying trends and drivers of change of rangeland ecosystems as part of an international research on “Rangeland Resources and Uses in the Hindu-Kush Karakoram-Pamir Landscape”. When he found out about a climate ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah Arfa Mohib, Naureen Akhter, and Rubina Bano stood admiring the 300-year-old fort perched on a gigantic old rock. A few steps ahead, a group of alumni was appreciating the old-age artifacts preserved in the fort, while another cluster posed against the backdrop of the famous Shigar ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah Aleenah Masud stood at the back of the hall with a bird’s eye view of the event before her. She could see the hall filling up, with a lot of new faces, and a lot of old ones. Since her participation in the Study of the ...
Neelum Khan Toru with Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Evan Ryan. By Rimsha Ali Shah In October 2016, Neelum Khan Toru’s term as the Chairperson of the Provincial Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW), Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), was concluding. During her two years at the PCSW, ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah While in transit at the Hamad International Airport, Qatar, Abdul Moeed Asad, Ayesha Amin, Sara Hassan, Umer Hussain, and Wahid Khan posed for a photograph hoisting the Pakistani flag. It was August 14, 2016, Pakistan’s 70th Independence day, and this delegation, later joined by Aruba Khalid, ...
