https://ojs.plhr.org.pk/journal <p><strong>Orients Social Research Consultancy (OSRC) Securities Exchange Commission of Pakistan (N0.ARL/INC4757)</strong> is an educational set up to manage the educational and research activities with modern scientific devices for the welfare and to educate the nation with these objectives</p> <ul> <li>To improve the quality of education and research activities</li> <li>To provide the chance to avail modern method of teaching and learning to students, teachers and researchers.</li> <li>To held conferences, lectures, discussions to raise research activities</li> </ul> <p>Pakistan Languages and Humanities Review (PLHR) publishes original and quality research in all disciplines of social sciences. PLHR is a <strong>Triple-blind peer-reviewed</strong> <strong>open access</strong> multidisciplinary research journal that publishes <strong>Quarterly</strong>. 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Therefore, <strong>ORIENTS SOCIAL RESEARCH CONSULTANCY (OSRC)</strong> &amp; <strong>PAKISTAN LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES REVIEW (PLHR)</strong> follow an <strong>Open Access</strong> Policy for copyright and licensing.</p> <p><img src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png" alt="Creative Commons License" /></p> <p><a href="https://sfdora.org/"><img src="https://plhr.org.pk/images/signatory-of-dora.png" alt="Signatory of DORA" /></a></p> editor@plhr.org.pk (Dr. Tariq Hussain) editor.plhr@gmail.com (Dr. Rizwana Umair) Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0500 OJS 3.3.0.8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 https://ojs.plhr.org.pk/journal/article/view/1404 <p>This research examines the intersection of medicine, technology, and the humanities in contemporary war, highlighting how political violence is experienced, mediated, and embodied in Gaza. Rather than treating war solely as a military or political event, the study views it as a multifaceted issue encompassing medical, technological, and ethical aspects. It highlights how injured people, failing healthcare systems, and different ways of beholding become key to comprehending its influence. This study uses two memoirs for analysis: Richard Villar’s Gaza Medic, a doctor’s memoir recording medical practices under blockade, and PlestiaAlaqad’sThe Eyes of Gaza, a Palestinian journalist’s chronicles of gendered and emotive ways of perception in wartime. These works integrate medical occurrences, technologies, and individual testimonies, and foreground a counter discourse to prevalent health, media, and humanitarian discourses. This research employs the Ecosocial lens by Nancy Krieger to express how structured scarcity, degradation of the ecosystem, and conflict-related atrocities are biologically and psychologically epitomized as trauma(s), illnesses, and damages. To examine the role of technologies in creating visibility stratifications and agency, this study uses Judy Wajcman’s technofeminism. The results prove that the Israel-Palestine war works as a community-based turbulence in which bodies accumulate violence gradually, while digital and medical technology instantaneously authorize medical and ethical care, and mediate international discernment.</p> Uswa Sehar, Ali Usman Saleem, Ayesha Nadeem Copyright (c) 2026 Pakistan Languages and Humanities Review https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 https://ojs.plhr.org.pk/journal/article/view/1404 Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0500 https://ojs.plhr.org.pk/journal/article/view/1406 <p>This study critically examines electoral integrity and the electoral process in Pakistan, focusing on the democratic challenges affecting free and fair elections. The objective of the study is to analyze how anti-democratic practices, elite influence, institutional weaknesses, and administrative irregularities undermine electoral credibility and democratic development. Using a qualitative research approach, the study analyzes past electoral processes, political developments, and scholarly perspectives to identify patterns of electoral manipulation and governance challenges. Particular attention is given to pre-election interference, political engineering, electoral restrictions, and selective accountability mechanisms. The research further explores how these practices weaken public trust, hinder democratic consolidation, and contribute to political instability in Pakistan. The study concludes that strengthening electoral integrity requires institutional independence, transparent electoral reforms, effective accountability mechanisms, and greater democratic participation to ensure a credible and sustainable democratic system in Pakistan</p> Zoya Shakeel, Amber Javed, Sheeza Ihsan Copyright (c) 2026 Pakistan Languages and Humanities Review https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 https://ojs.plhr.org.pk/journal/article/view/1406 Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0500