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Entrepreneurship Conference Provides Breeding Ground for New Ideas

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December 3, 2014

15 min read

Entrepreneurship Conference Provides Breeding Ground for New Ideas

By Hira Nafees Shah International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumna Mehreen Rashid was confused. Having worked for ten years as a broadcast journalist, she had decided to jump into entrepreneurship when she felt that her profession was not providing her the satisfaction that she needed. She set up her media ...

Reunions

Lahore Reunion celebrates Alumni Engagement in Punjab

PUAN EDITOR

October 31, 2014

2 min read

Lahore Reunion celebrates Alumni Engagement in Punjab

More than one hundred and fifty Lahori alumni gathered for the annual reunion of their chapter to celebrate the success of the alumni-led programs in the past year. In addition to performances by alumni, the event also included a “Peecha Kucha” presentation of slides featuring the variety of community service ...

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CCIP Alumnus Takes Journalism to New Heights in Gilgit Baltistan

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October 24, 2014

14 min read

CCIP Alumnus Takes Journalism to New Heights in Gilgit Baltistan

By Hira Nafees Shah College student Mohammad Kashif woke up at seven o’clock each morning during his summer vacation. Being from the Hyderabad area of Hunza, he spent over one-and-a-half hours traveling to Karimabad each day. Kashif embraced the long ride and gladly gave up extra sleep to pursue his ...

Alumni News Islamabad/Rawalpindi Chapter Reunions

Islamabad Chapter Reunion Hails Distinguished Alumni

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September 26, 2014

8 min read

Islamabad Chapter Reunion Hails Distinguished Alumni

By Hira Nafees Shah For the fourth year running, the annual Islamabad-Rawalpindi Reunion was a marquee event for the Pakistan-US Alumni Network in the capital. This year, nearly 700 alumni of U.S. exchange programs braved road closures and heavy traffic to celebrate the achievements of their colleagues. Participants came from ...

Alumni Small Grants Alumni Success Story

Boy Scout Camp Instills Spirit of Community Service in Students of Lakki Marwat

PUAN EDITOR

September 5, 2014

11 min read

Boy Scout Camp Instills Spirit of Community Service in Students of Lakki Marwat

By Hira Nafees Shah When Asif Salam went on his Global UGrad exchange experience, he encountered a novel idea for the first time —community service. Organized volunteer opportunities in Salam’s home district of Lakki Marwat in Khyber Pakhtunhkwa, were too far and few between to enable him to truly make ...

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Fulbright Alumna Empowers Needy Women in Ghazi

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August 31, 2014

8 min read

Fulbright Alumna Empowers Needy Women in Ghazi

By Hira Nafees Shah Shakeela Begum’s daughter had not even been born when her husband left the world. What followed were 10 years of incredible hardship, as she was forced to work as a maid in people’s homes to provide for herself and her young children. Help finally arrived for ...

First Person

First Person: English Language Study Transformed Me

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July 18, 2014

9 min read

First Person: English Language Study Transformed Me

By Haris, English Access Program Alumnus from Karachi This is Haris, an English Access Karachi Alumnus of the 2010-2012 program. I live in an area of Karachi where there is a lot of waste of precious human resources. A number of my childhood friends are doing time in prison while ...

First Person

First Person: Kumail the Community Leader

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July 14, 2014

8 min read

First Person: Kumail the Community Leader

By Kumail, English Access Program Alumnus from Karachi Today I am going to let you know why I am known as a social worker in my locality. In fact, most people from outside my area are surprised to hear that a student is a volunteer and the people of my ...

Alumni Small Grants

Photo Camps Showcase Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Diverse People, Places

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July 7, 2014

8 min read

Photo Camps Showcase Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Diverse People, Places

By Hira Nafees Shah Saeedullah Orakzai firmly believes in the adage that a picture is worth a thousand words. But that becomes a big problem when many photos being disseminated of Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) depict only conflict, the alumnus says. Concerned that many photos often show only ...

Regional Cooperation Reunions

International YES Reunion Develops Activism Skills of Young Alumni

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July 4, 2014

17 min read

International YES Reunion Develops Activism Skills of Young Alumni

By Hira Nafees Shah When Airokhsh Faiz arrived in Islamabad June 26 with her fellow Afghani alumni, she didn’t know quite what to expect. But setting aside her busy university and community service commitments, she felt she could not pass up the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend the International YES Reunion ...