Adhering to Shared Values and Common Ground is Key to Promoting Diversity

The Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) held a two-day national workshop at a local hotel in Karachi on April 16-17, 2025, titled “Building Bridges: Fostering Tolerance and Inclusivity among Youth.” Renowned speakers and experts from the media and academia delivered sessions on diverse themes, including diversity, social cohesion, critical thinking, the constitutional rights of … Read more

Upholding the Constitution: A path to social cohesion in Pakistan

Quetta – Experts at a workshop said that social cohesion could only be attained through the true implementation of the Constitution, which guarantees that people belonging to different ethnicities, faiths and languages can live in peaceful coexistence. They said inclusivity means providing equal opportunities in life to all segments of society and respecting everyone, regardless … Read more

Pakistan needs an empowered local government system to decrease extremism

Karachi – Muttahida Quami Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Dr Farooq Sattar has said that Pakistan needed a true and participatory democracy, through an empowered local government system, to decrease growing intolerance and extremism in society. He was speaking at a dialogue titled ‘Building Bridges: A Stakeholder Consultation on Tolerance and Inclusivity’, held here at a local … Read more

Diversity is a recipe to end disputes in society

Karachi – Speakers at a workshop said uniformity created conflicts while protecting and promoting diversity led to the solution of many problems in society by bringing an end to disputes among different groups, faiths and ethnicities. They said there was a need to expand the scope of common values and move towards globalization, to give … Read more

Society has yet to acknowledge the existing diversity in Pakistan

As part of its nationwide youth training workshop series on tolerance, harmony, and inclusivity, the Pak Institute for Peace Studies organized a two-day national workshop at Islamia University Bahawalpur on February 3–4, 2025. Titled “Building Bridges: Fostering Tolerance and Inclusivity among Youth,” the event brought together university students, representatives from various faith communities, and civil … Read more

Alternative narratives needed to counter extremism among youth

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

Youth urged to expand their worldview, think critically

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

Promotion of certain narratives for political interests affect Pakistan’s diversity

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

Inclusive approach is crucial to drive social change

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