The Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) organized a two-day consultation on “Promoting Narratives of Diversity, Inclusion, and Peace among University Students in Sindh” on the 1st and 2nd July 2022 at the Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi. The speakers comprised of a broad range of experts from the Pakistan’s academia, media, government official, and prominent … Read more
Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) organized a consultation on “Promoting Narratives of Diversity, Inclusion, and Peace among Youth” on 13 June 2022 in Islamabad. The objective of the consultation was to discuss the key factors behind failure of universities in educating the youth about democracy, citizenship, and constitutionalism; to identify key drivers of religious … Read more
Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) held fourth expert consultation on June 9, 2022, titled “Supporting the Afghan peace process: Pakistan’s position, interests, and policy options” in Islamabad. The main themes of the consultation were “the TTP’s indefinite ceasefire and the role of the Taliban” and “can the Taliban deliver on governance, security, and intra-Afghan … Read more
With the growing cases of violent extremism and terrorism perpetuated by university students in Pakistan, a need has been felt to expand the efforts for countering violent extremism (CVE) in educational institutions. The role of faculty is critical in this regard as they have the power to shape minds of their students and to inspire … Read more
Pakistan needs parliament-led revived national policy on Afghanistan which goes into the public domain for some discourse on it. Pakistan’s present policy lacks key ingredients to protect the country from possible fallout of the emerging Afghan situation which seems susceptible to an increased risk of conflict and violence or crisis. One key aspect of the … Read more
On 26 March 2022, PIPS launched a national report based on a year-long PIPS engagement with educated youth of Pakistan through training workshops and social action projects conducted across Pakistan. The report includes key findings obtained through observation and survey of the university students along with recommendation on how to make youth an agent of … Read more
Despite clear direction in National Action Plan to develop a more comprehensive counterterrorism strategy with a mix of hard and soft approaches, Pakistan has mostly relied on kinetic measures against terrorist and extremism. Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) initiated a project to promote soft approaches for CT and CVE and consulted multiple stakeholders to … Read more
After a year-long exercise to train university students on interfaith harmony and social peace, Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) selected a pool of 50 young observers to monitor freedom of faithviolations and hate speech. A two-day training and orientation session was conducted on 27-28 Marchin Islamabad where they were introduced to the web observatory … Read more
In continuation of a tradition to conduct an annual grand event where varied issues relevant to Pakistan’s traditional and non-traditional security challenges could be discussed under one roof, Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) organized the “Dialogue Pakistan” on March 26, 2022, in Islamabad. ‘Dialogue Pakistan’ is a key initiative of PIPS to promote national-level … Read more
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