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
Pak Institute of Peace Studies (PIPS) organized a two-day workshop namely, “Building Bridges: Fostering Tolerance and Inclusivity among Youth” on November 28-29, 2024, in Peshawar. The event brought together university students, rights activists and young members of civil society to engage on issues ranging from tolerance and peace to social harmony and pluralistic coexistence. The … Read more
Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) organized a two-day workshop titled “Building Bridges: Fostering Tolerance and Inclusivity Among Youth” on November 25–26, 2024 in Shangla, Swat. The event focused on engaging youth to foster tolerance and inclusivity within their communities. Guest speakers highlighted the importance of empowering youth to embrace change by interacting with individuals … Read more
Swat – Speakers at a workshop said youth should be open to change by interacting with people belonging to different faiths, ethnicities and nationalities to adapt to new trends of globalization, which will ultimately bring peace in society. They said interfaith harmony was the need of the hour that provides an opportunity to the youth to … Read more
Peshawar – Speakers at a workshop urged youth to develop among themselves ‘behaviour of acceptance’ for others to foster peace to the society amid emerging new codes of citizenship on the globe. They also called on the youth to choose the path of ‘personal growth’ and ‘personal peace’ as both factors can become agents of … Read more
Lahore — Experts at a two-day consultation stressed that the state and educational institutions should engage the youth by initiating dialogue and promoting critical thinking among them, as a policy, to address their problems and make them productive citizens. They said that the present education system of the country has failed to socialize youth; rather … Read more
Karachi — Experts at a two-day consultation urged the need for promoting scientific and critical thinking among youth to curb ever-increasing intolerance and religious extremism among them. They also said that the lack of critical thinking among Pakistani youth encouraged them to engage in hate speech on social media platforms and the state should take … Read more
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Islamabad — Experts at a consultation called for engaging youth at the level of political parties and the parliament to avert May 9-like incidents of vandalism and arson attacks on civil and military installations. They expressed their apprehensions that problems of youth of Pakistan were not on the radar of political parties, academia and media … Read more
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