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Militants continued terrorist onslaught in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan in July 2019: PIPS…

PIPS Aug 8, 2019

Islamabad (PR) – Posting a decline of 20 percent from the previous month, as many as 20 terrorist attacks took place in Pakistan during the month of July 2019. In all, 37 people lost their lives and 112 others were wounded in these attacks.…

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“Despite being majority in the country, youth are underrepresented in state- and society-led…

PIPS Jul 24, 2019

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,…

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“Despite being in staggering numbers, youth are underrepresented in state- and society-led…

PIPS Jul 24, 2019

Islamabad PR/24 July 2019 Pakistan is a young country, where majority of its 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…

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Disconnect among teachers, students, and policy makers behind stagnancy of education reforms

PIPS Jul 23, 2019

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.…

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“To fix education system, disconnect should be bridged among teachers, students, administrators, and…

PIPS Jul 23, 2019

Islamabad PR/23 July 2019 The education system in our country is in dire need of correction. There is a great disconnect between students and teachers, teachers and administrators, among teachers, and, above all, between policy makers…

Militants stepped up attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in June: PIPS monthly security review

PIPS Jul 5, 2019

Islamabad (PR) – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was the most affected region of Pakistan in June in terms of the incidence of terrorist attacks. As many as 15 attacks killed 18 people and injured 31 others in the province; 8 of these attacks…

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“Teachers can practice and preach empathy to promote tolerance”

PIPS Jul 3, 2019

“Teachers can practice and preach empathy to promote tolerance” Islamabad PR/3 July 2019 Teachers can show the seeds of tolerance in society, if they practice and preach the values of empathy – putting one-self in another’s shoes.…

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Politics of Exclusion: A case study of 2nd Constitutional Amendment

PIPS Jul 2, 2019

The 2nd Constitutional Amendment, passed in 1974, paved way for excluding Ahmadi community from the national mainstream. In the larger scheme of things, the second amendment reinforced the policy of state excluding some segments of the…

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“Social justice” can help overcome identity crisis and nurture coexistence

PIPS Jun 26, 2019

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…

“People strongly believe their identities make them vulnerable or favourable”

PIPS Jun 14, 2019

People think their lives are greatly shaped by the group they belong to, whether ethnicity, sect, religion, among others Individual rights, although ignored, are being demanded too, manifested in freedom of expression and women…

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