Press Releases

“Sectarianism hurting socioeconomic development by discouraging economic investment in Pakistan”

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PRESS RELEASE Islamabad/22 March 2019 “Sectarianism hurting socioeconomic development by discouraging economic investment in Pakistan” The report can be accessed at: http://archive.pakpips.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Pakistan%E2%80%99s-Sectarian-Mire-The-Way-Forward.pdf Learning to live with differences is the way forward Institutionalization of sectarian identity should be reviewed Sectarian persecution and violence are eating into the vitals of Pakistani state and society. They need to be … Read more

“Sense of exclusion paves way to identity politics”

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PR/Karachi 13 March 2019 There is no harm in a single person having multiple identities, such as ethnic, religious, sectarian, and professional. But when certain groups are excluded economically or politically, they can resort to singular identity, which can lead to identity politics and even conflict. These thoughts came in two day-long discussions on “Coexistence … Read more

“Interaction opportunities among ethnic, religious communities required to enhance acceptance, coexistence”

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PR/Lahore 6 March 2019 There is a great need to increase interaction among different identities, in particular the ethnic and religious ones. Such exchanges can shed their misperceptions among each other, enable them to empathize, and provide fertile group for coexistence – which is direly needed in the face of changing socio-economic dynamics, not least … Read more

Deakin researchers will undertake a first-of-its-kind investigation into the role of regional actors in Afghanistan and Syria.

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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 in the country the way forward to resolve country’s festering issue” – PIPS Dialogue Pakistan 2019

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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

PIPS to host maiden “Dialogue Pakistan 2019”, with leading experts, parliamentarians, diplomats

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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