LUMS News Case of the Missing Prayer Mats: Promoting Religious Tolerance or Simply Administrative Intransigence? 23/09/2019 This semester started off with a lot of changes in the LUMS ecosystem. From a playgroup-esque makeover of SDSB costing an embarrassingly exorbitant amount to the controversial fountain in the…
LUMS News Fire at LUMS: a case of burning incompetence 17/09/201917/09/2019 The hostel situation had been escalating to new heights every day. With reports of robberies, inadequate space and inefficient cooling systems rampant, it was hard to imagine that it could…
LUMS News Your one stop guide to surviving O Week! 06/08/2019 By Arooba Ghayas. Welcome to LUMS! To all those who had LUMS as their first choice of universities/colleges, congratulations. You made it! I hope you find LUMS to be…
LUMS News… Ubaidullah Inquiry Committee Report: Resistance, Reformation and Repentance 21/07/201930/07/2019 (Submitted by Rabia Najm) I remember the exact moment the Ubaidullah Inquiry Committee Report was released because it has had a lasting impact on the way I view and experience…
LUMS News… In -NOT- Laughing Colours 19/07/201930/07/2019 Despite many issues with the LUMS administration and other facets of the institution, the university has continued to excel in academics, producing graduates who have been the standard-bearers of the…
LUMS News… #MeToo: LUMS edition 16/07/201930/07/2019 The last semester brought onto LUMS a dark, Lahori smog-esque cloud that seemed to be looming over my female colleagues and I throughout and continues to do so even through the…
LUMS News… Pink Watergate 14/07/201920/07/2019 LUMS has never been far from controversy. The epitome of Eurocentric education in Pakistan, it has been hailed a liberal hub, a bubble of naivete, the antithesis of Pakistani Islamic…
Literature… In Conversation with Kamil Ahsan, ex-President PLUMS and Assistant Editor at Barrelhouse 03/06/201920/07/2019 Meet Kamil Ahsan, an alumnus of LUMS, from the batch of 2012, and ex-President of PLUMS. He graduated with a PhD in Biology from the University of Chicago, and is…
Humor… Student Council Elections 2019 01/06/201920/07/2019 I have had the unique displeasure of being involved in the Student Council elections since my Freshman year in the loosest sense of the word. My involvement was limited to…
LUMS News Interview of Taha Iqbal and Talha Wani 22/01/201920/07/2019 When did you start debating? Is it something that you have always wanted to do as a child? Taha Iqbal: I started debating when I was in first year of…