Peshawar (PR) – Women in Pakistan face enormous social barriers when they step outside their homes and seek careers, but the key to success for women is persevering and not giving up in the face challenges. These views were expressed by woman lawmaker of KP Assembly, Ms. Shagufta Malik, during a national workshop on ‘youth … Read more
Islamabad (PR) – Senator Krishna Kumari discussed interfaith relations with university students during a two-day education and training workshop here in Islamabad. Senator Kumari told young students to have faith in themselves and see Pakistan’s religious and cultural diversity as a blessing. She also shared the story of her life’s journey from a disadvantaged village … Read more
Teacher is the agent of social change whose role in shaping up the society is becoming ever more important in the crisis-ridden modern world. Teachers can improve the intellectual capacity of a nation by promoting a culture of debate and discussion, and instilling critical thinking skills among students. These views were expressed by Pakistan’s eminent … Read more
While Covid-19 responses by religious communities in South Asia have largely been encouraging, in some instances, however, minority communities and groups felt having been left out and also stigmatized. It is responsibility of religious and community leaders to propagate humanity and empathy among people so that marginalized groups are not discriminated in situations of crises … Read more
Teachers are responsible for developing critical thinking and positive behavioural and social values in their students. Cognitive processes develop only in an environment supporting freedom of expression and critical enquiry. Teachers should also be able to critically review and challenge the curriculum and teach their students the art of questioning as a basic tool of … Read more
Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) with the support of Australian High Commission, Islamabad hosted a special talk for eminent Pakistani Origin Australian Scholar Professor Samina Yasmeen (AM) in Islamabad Hotel on February 17, 2020 around the topic “Muslim Identities in Australia”. Professor Samina Yasmeen (AM) is Director of Centre for Muslim States and Societies … Read more
Fifty-eight (58) leading experts/speakers from politics, media, civil society, military, religious studies and academia gathered under one roof to discuss, deliberate, and dialogue the most pressing issues of the day. This was Dialogue Pakistan, 2020 organized by Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS). Under its programmatic area of Dialogue, this was the 2nd Dialogue Pakistan … Read more
Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) under the project Engaging Teachers for Diversity and Dialogues, funded under the Direct Aid Program of Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), conducted the 1st dialogue session with the teachers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Peshawar. The 2-days dialogue session … Read more
Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) will be hosting a six-month pilot project titled Network Against Organised Crime (NAOC) – Pakistan, which is supported by Resilience Fund floated by Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, Geneva. According to the collaboration agreement, PIPS will serve as the secretariat of NAOC-Pakistan, which will be executed as an … Read more
Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS), Islamabad, Pakistan, a leading think-tank on peace and conflict studies in Pakistan, has entered into collaborative agreement with the United Nations-supported Global Council for Tolerance and Peace (GCTP), Malta, for fostering tolerance and peace in the world. President of GCTP, H.E. Dr Ahmed Mohamed Al-Jarwan, and PIPS director Muhammad … Read more