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
PR –KARACHI: Speakers at a national workshop on interfaith harmony said it was not the business of the state to regulate the religious beliefs of the citizens. In Pakistan, attempts were made in the past to manufacture a religiously homogenous nation out of a huge diversity of faiths. Those policies only created social discord and … Read more
PR/Peshawar 4 March 2019 The way forward for peace in the country and beyond is accepting that there can be people different than us, and this difference is largely natural. Co-existence not only makes the country beautiful, but is considered a sure recipe for progress. These thoughts came in a day-long discussion on “Coexistence with … Read more
– Marking 136% increase from month before, 26 attacks happened in January, claiming 30 lives Islamabad (PR) – After witnessing a gradual decline over the past few months, the number of terrorist attacks in Pakistan once again surged during the first month of the year 2019. As many as 26 terrorist attacks took place in … Read more
PR/Islamabad (urdu version below) 5 February 2019 There is a need to study the causes of proxy wars, and what are the potential impact of such wars on the overall conflict. These thoughts in a daylong international seminar on “Strategic Dimensions of Peace and Conflict in South Asia and the Middle East”, organized by Pak … Read more
Deakin University’s project launch seminar, 4 February 2019, Islamabad (urdu version below) Deakin researchers will undertake a first-of-its-kind investigation into the role of regional actors in Afghanistan and Syria. Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh, Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed and Dr Dara Conduit received a multi-year grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York to conduct research assessing the impact … Read more
Dialogues missing among different segment of the society, including civil and military Parliament carries sanctity; it can take the reform agenda forward Religion has been used time and again to impose uniformity, at the cost of diversity While our engage in old debates, the world around us continues to change. PR/26 January 2019 Islamabad The … Read more
PR/23 January 2019 (Urdu version below) Islamabad On January 26, 2019, Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) will be hosting the first-ever national-level “Dialogue Pakistan”, on topics ranging from politics to security to identity, with leading experts, serving and former parliamentarians, diplomats and intellectuals, at Hotel Margala, Islamabad. Dialogue Pakistan 2019 entail a series of … Read more
PR/Islamabad 21 January 2019 Even though Pakistan can seek some room for itself in the emerging multipolar world order, challenges persist at domestic front, in the shape of extremist ideologies, unemployed youth, and economic stagnancy. Without taking those challenges, its options to affect any regional or global change will be constrained. These thoughts came in … Read more
Lahore PR/17 January 2019 The culture of one-way communication is so dominant that people tend to talk at each other, rather than talking with each other. To bridge gaps among citizenry, culture of two-way dialogues need to be promoted. Such dialogues can easily be promoted through educational institutes, by channelling diversity of thoughts in the … Read more