Huma Nisar
Huma Nisar is Associate Editor at Views and News-
Culture
International Women’s Day : Pakistan must confront issues head on
In Pakistan, the provincial Punjab Assembly passed a landmark legislation last week, criminalizing all forms of violence against women. A few days later, the Council of Islamic Ideology, a federal advisory body, ruled the law as... -
Arts & Literature
Capturing the Beauty and Mystique of Shangrila
Breathtaking really is the word that springs to mind while describing the beauty and awe of natural scenes in Pakistan’s north. Capturing the beauty of mountains, lakes and gardens under clear blue skies or low hanging... -
Arts & Literature
From Saving Face to Girl in the River – Pakistani Sharmeen Chinoy wins 2nd Oscar
Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won her second Oscar at a glittering Academy Awards ceremony Sunday, becoming one of the few women to achieve the coveted distinction for her short documentary “A Girl in the River –... -
Politics
Ahead of Super Tuesday, Poll says Hillary and Trump lead in Virginia
With Super Tuesday contests just days away, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has some positive vibes coming out of Virginia, one of the 11 states going to vote on March 1. A Monmouth University Poll, released... -
Arts & Literature
Crowdfunding journalism and creativity – trends and possibilities
Since its launch, the Internet has been shaping journalism in many ways. Some of the largest media organizations now must do well on the social media to draw more and more audience and following – giving... -
Opinion
2016 Electorate – The Most Diverse in U.S. History- Examining the impact
Reflecting growing American demographic diversity, the U.S. electorate for the 2016 election will be the country’s most racially and ethnically diverse ever, and a series of figures and statistics cited in a Pew Research analysis indicate possible... -
Nature
Two Pakistanis, MIT Prof, young scientist part of gravitational waves discovery team
Two Pakistanis were members of the team of scientists and engineers that discovered gravitational waves in the fabric of space and time, confirming Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, and heralding new era of uncovering mysteries... -
Climate Change
Eye-opening report on human toll of hottest 2015 year
A new analysis on the year 2015 – the hottest on record – tells of eye-opening implications of climate changes, showing that weather and climate-related disasters now dominate disaster trends linked to natural hazards. The United... -
Democracy
Why more than half the world remains offline
Nearly 3.2 billion people are now online, which comes to about 43.4 per cent of the world population, but the number still falls significantly short of reaching the anticipated goal of 60 per cent by 2020. The ramifications... -
Middle East
The unspeakable plight of children in conflict zones
Last year, when I watched with horror a documentary telling tales of children caught in the crosshairs of Syrian civil war, I wondered if the excruciating accounts would jolt the world out of inaction after the...