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
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
By Safdar Sial This report describes Pakistan‘s efforts against militancy and terrorism, the cost and sacrifices it had paid in this campaign mainly being a US ally in the WoT, and the outcome of the war in terms of restoration of peace and security. National security and regional geo-strategic imperatives had mainly weighed on Pakistan‘s … Read more
Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) launched its research report ‘Pakistan’s Evolving Militant Landscape: State Responses and Policy Options’ on May 16, 2024, in Islamabad. Academics, former diplomats, journalists, policy analysts, experts on Afghan affairs, and representatives of civil society, among others, attended the event. PIPS President Muhammad Amir Rana moderated the session that provided … Read more