Events

On August 23, PIPS organized “Pakistan Saga Awards 2019” ceremony in Islamabad, presenting awards to some of the best video packages on pluralism, diversity, and rights. The ceremony was attended by journalists, academics and diplomats. Awards were given to top five videos, made in the last one year. A total of 120 video packages, each … Read more

Pakistan is a young country, where majority of the population are below the age of 30 years. And yet, youth are underrepresented in various initiatives led by state and civil society. The situation is dire with youngsters from rural areas, women, or ethnic or religious minorities. These thoughts came at the report launch of “Youth … Read more

Education reforms can be taken forward if the disconnect among teachers, students, and policy makers is done away with. At present, different nodes of education setup has different expectations, and even different set of ideas. Opportunities should be given that they exchange their ideas with each other, to suggest practical remedies. These were some of … Read more

Social cohesion remains a distant dream in the face of widening inequality. People are forced to take sides with one group, strengthening their group identity. After all, they think, it is because of who  they are that they are ignored. But this can be turned around: To overcome such thinking, the state should take serious … Read more

A focused group discussion on “Coexistence with Multiple Identities”, organized by Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS), with a select group of experts, academics, lawyers, and social scientists from Gilgit Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Islamabad was held on April 17, 2019. During discussion, the participants opined that religious, sectarian, and ethnic profiling played … Read more

On April 16, 2019, Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) organized a dialogue on “Coexistence with Multiple Identities”, with a select group of experts, academics, lawyers, and social scientists from central and northern Punjab. Participants, during a daylong discussion, stated that citizens look towards the state to set the tune of interaction with each other. … Read more

Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) organized a two-day discussion, on March 12-13, on “Coexistence with Multiple Identities”, with a select group of experts, academics, lawyers, and social scientists from Balochistan and Sindh. Participants, during the discussion, emphasized that there is no harm in a single person having multiple identities, such as ethnic, religious, sectarian, … Read more

A day long focused group discussion on “Coexistence with Multiple Identities” was held in Lahore on March 6, 2019, where participants underlined the need to increase interaction among different identities, in particular the ethnic and religious ones. Such exchanges can help shed misperceptions, enable them to empathize, and provide a fertile ground for harmonious coexistence … Read more

In a discussion on “Coexistence with Multiple Identities” in Peshawar on March 3, 2019, participants underscored that if people start taking their differences as natural, they can end up producing a peaceful society. “There can be people different from one”, the discussion noted. Co-existence not only makes the country beautiful, but is also a sure … Read more