Dialogue & Events

Consultation on Promoting Narratives of Diversity, Inclusion, and Peace among Youth

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Therefore, PIPS initiated a countrywide educational and training program to sensitize university-enrolled youths about fundamental concepts and values of democracy, human rights, equity, critical thinking and reasoning, constitutionalism, and rule of law etc. Under the initiative, educational and training workshops were held in four provinces and the federal capital in which over 740 university students … Read more

Consultation on Promoting Narratives of Diversity, Inclusion and Peace among Youth

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Day 1: Monday, 27 December 2021 Muhammad Amir Rana, Director Pak Institute for Peace Studies, commenced the two-day consultation with his introductory and welcome remarks. He thanked the consultants as well as the audience for their invaluable time and participation, saying that the Pakistani youth faced  diverse challenges from education and career to intellectual development … Read more

PIPS Consultation-2 on Afghan Peace & Reconciliation

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Pak Institute for Peace Studies held an experts’ consultation on December 11, 2021, titled “Supporting the Afghan peace process: Pakistan’s position, interests, and policy options” in Islamabad. Participants noted that Pakistan needs a functional, collaborative strategy in the framework of regional approach to deal with the Afghan situation. While it was suggested that humanitarian assistance … Read more

PIPS Consultation-I on Afghan Peace & Reconciliation

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Pak Institute for Peace Studies held an experts’ consultation on September 24, 2021, titled “Supporting the Afghan peace process: Pakistan’s position, interests, and policy options” in Islamabad. Participants noted that Pakistan should not oversimplify the Afghan situation and the threat posed by different militant groups across the border. They underscored the need for Pakistan to … Read more

Over 700 university students engaged in discussions on interfaith harmony in Pakistan

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Faisalabad – PR: The series of countrywide workshops on interfaith harmony in Pakistan concluded Tuesday in Faisalabad. An initiative of the Pak Institute for Peace Studies, the program engaged the youth in discussions on some of the most critical questions that often remain unexplored but affect thinking patterns and behaviors among the Pakistani youth. Over … Read more

No soft image if persecution of minorities continues

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Gujrat – PR: Desiring a soft image without addressing the factors that harm the country’s reputation in the first place is self-delusion, speakers at interfaith harmony workshop said. Wajahat Masood, political thinker and author of several books on Pakistani politics, said “the world respects us only as much as we respect our own citizens especially … Read more

World respects us only as much as we respect our own citizens

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Gujranwala – PR: A country’s international image is an extension of its policies. ‘Our negative image and its fallout such as the sinking prestige of the green passport are just rebounds of our country’s own policies and behaviors’, thinker and author Wajahat Masood said while speaking at a national workshop on interfaith harmony in Gujranwala. … Read more