Muhammad Saleem Khan

How does it feel to be last human being on this planet? Or what should be the role of human being in the midst of unprecedented anthro-created disorders i.e. ecological, biological, political, geological etc.? These questions not only provoke profound sense of urgency but also put us [human species] in a precarious situation where we have not option but to …

Chitral is one of the most religious and patriarchal societies in the country.  In a rural patriarchal society like Chitral, women are the ones who bear the difficult task of family care and related domestic burden i.e. child bearing, cleaning, cooking, work in fields etc. It does not mean that men are only idle perpetrators or having luxurious lives like …

Water is an indispensable element for all creatures and for our earth as a whole. It is extremely important that an agricultural country should have enough water to support its food security and to ensure sustainable development. Unfortunately, according to the IMF report, Pakistan ranks third among countries most affected by water scarcity. Likewise, last year, the Pakistan council of …

Valley Arkari is a small isolated and happened to be one of the most inaccessible mountainous regions located on the verge of the Pak-Afghan border.  Millennium Model School (MMS) is one of the premier educational institutes of this region. Likewise, the same school having momentous importance in the history of Arkari, especially for being pioneer English medium school, like that …

Ejaz Ullah is one of the young workers who come to Karachi from the far-flung mountainous region of the country, Chitral Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He has been working, first as a dishwasher in a small hotel and then as a chips maker, street food, for the last five years. Like other fellows, Ejaz and his elder brother are living in a …

“History of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles” (Marx and Engels,1848). Karl Marx argues that, in a capitalist society, the main axis of conflict is between bourgeoisie and proletariat. He had predicted that this conflict will eventually lead to an inevitable revolution which enables the working class to have the dominant power in the society. Similarly, …