PIPS Sukkur – Speakers at a workshop emphasized the need to bring forward alternative narratives and discourse to counter the trends of radicalism among youth, while also protecting liberal elements in the society. They said it was the responsibility of the state to introduce necessary changes in the curriculum to educate youth about themes of tolerance, … Read more
The Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) organized a two-day workshop in Lahore on January 23-24, 2025, titled “Building Bridges: Fostering Tolerance and Inclusivity among Youth.” It was the fifth in a series of ten two-day training workshops being implemented by PIPS, with an aim of mitigating faith-based persecution and violence by building the capacity … Read more
The Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) organized a two-day workshop on January 20-21, 2025, in Faisalabad, titled “Building Bridges: Fostering Tolerance and Inclusivity among Youth.” It was the fourth in a series of ten two-day training workshops being implemented by PIPS, with an aim of mitigating faith-based persecution and violence by building the capacity … Read more
Bahawalpur – Speakers at a workshop said an inclusive approach was fundamental to driving social change because it provided equal opportunities to all people belonging to diverse cultures, faiths, ethnicities and languages in a society. They further said diversity could help decrease the growing trends of extremism in the society by fostering inclusivity, tolerance and … Read more
Pak Institute of Peace Studies (PIPS) organized third two-day workshop titled, “Building Bridges: Fostering Tolerance and Inclusivity among Youth” on January 13-14, 2025, in Rawalpindi. The event brought together teachers and students from universities, colleges and seminaries from north Punjab, as well as human rights and civil society activists and practitioners. It engaged young minds in … Read more
According to Pakistan Security Report 2024, prepared and released by the Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS), there has been a significant 70% increase in terrorist activities across Pakistan in 2024. Despite that surge in terrorism, factors such as weak political will, economic instability, and strained relations with Afghanistan further complicate Pakistan’s countering terrorism challenge. … Read more
Islamabad – Pakistan should engage with the Afghan Taliban leadership based in Kandahar, the actual seat of power in Afghanistan, as this channel of communication can help Islamabad address its concerns about the presence of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) hideouts in the neighboring country. Islamabad needs to directly talk to Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah … Read more
Banned BLA emerged as a key factor of terrorist violence in 2024 Over 95 percent of terrorist attacks concentrated in KP and Balochistan Islamabad – The year 2024 recorded a perturbing rise in both frequency and intensity of terrorist attacks in Pakistan and its security landscape could regress to the pre-APS era if this trajectory … Read more
Marking a 70% increase from the previous year, Pakistan experienced a total of 521 terrorist attacks in 2024. This intensified wave of terrorism claimed 852 lives, reflecting a 23% rise compared to the terrorism-related fatalities recorded the year before. Another 1,092 people were injured in these attacks recorded during the year. Although terrorist attacks were … Read more
Pakistan has a history of faith-based violence. The Constitution of Pakistan guarantees equal rights to all citizens including the right to protection of life, fair trial, freedom of expression, and the right to profess, practice and propagate the religion. However, these constitutional safeguards neither properly worked nor could ever be translated into actual liberties of … Read more