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ASG Grantee Atiya Abbas Successfully Starts Her Grant Project

ASG Grantee Atiya Abbas Successfully Starts Her Grant Project
By Shehneela Mazhar: Our ASG grantee Atiya Abbas who is our Fulbright alumna successfully started her grant project titled “A Citizen Journalism Course for Young Adults”. The project is supported by the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan in partnership with the Pakistan U.S. Alumni Network. Day one of this six-weeks long ...
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UGRAD Experience was Really a Nirvana for Me: Mahina Sheikh

UGRAD Experience was Really a Nirvana for Me: Mahina Sheikh
Life has always been blessing for Mahina Sheikh but getting an opportunity to avail the Global UGRAD Exchange program in Spring 2022 was a cherry on the top. She was among the fortunate ones to go and live in St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S. for one semester. Mahina learnt a lot ...
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Safeer Ullah Khan Believes His Successful Theatre Journey Wouldn’t Have Been Possible Without IVLP

Safeer Ullah Khan Believes His Successful Theatre Journey Wouldn’t Have Been Possible Without IVLP
Safeer Ullah Khan is our alumnus of an IVLP exchange program under the theme ‘Arts for Social Change’ in Feb-Mar 2013. This exchange program transformed his life completely. Theater, which was just a hobby, has become a profession for him now. IVLP made him learn that theater is a powerful ...
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DCM Schofer Highlights 75th Anniversary at Alumni Reunion

DCM Schofer Highlights 75th Anniversary at Alumni Reunion
Deputy Chief of Mission Andrew Schofer celebrated the importance of the United States and Pakistan’s 75 years of bilateral relations when he met with approximately 700 alumni of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs. Alumni of U.S. educational and professional exchanges gathered in Islamabad on August 20 to share their experiences and ...
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SUSI Program is a Life Changing Opportunity for Our Inspiring Alumnus Asif Javed

SUSI Program is a Life Changing Opportunity for Our Inspiring Alumnus Asif Javed
Asif Javed is our alumnus for SUSI exchange program (2019). SUSI is an intensive short-term academic program that is to provide groups of undergraduate student leaders with a deeper understanding of the United States’ culture and values. Asif considers himself fortunate enough to be selected for this program. “When they ...
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Fortune Can Shine on Anyone, and this Applies Well to Muhammad Shoaib’s Story

Fortune Can Shine on Anyone, and this Applies Well to Muhammad Shoaib’s Story
Fortune does not see richness or poverty; it can shine on anyone, and this is the moral of our today’s story. Our UGRAD alumnus Muhammad Shoaib belongs to a community where there is a common misconception that only people from elite class can study abroad m and can avail international ...
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IVLP Learning was full of Learning and Exposure for Our Inspiring Alumnus Hussain Jarwar

IVLP Learning was full of Learning and Exposure for Our Inspiring Alumnus Hussain Jarwar
Hussain Jarwar is our International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumnus of July 2011 batch. In January 2011, Jarwar received an email from U.S. Consulate Karachi confirming his selection for IVLP and title of the program was ‘Equal Rights for the Citizen’. IVLP advances civic and social justice initiatives in communities. ...
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Investment in Education Pays the Best Interest and Goes Well for Afshan Huma

Investment in Education Pays the Best Interest and Goes Well for Afshan Huma
It was July 04, 2007, when the fireworks of Independence Day were setting off when a group of 16 educators and educational administrators from Pakistan landed in Washington D.C. late at night to go to Plymouth State University. Afshan Huma, who is our PELI-USAID alumna was one of them. “The ...
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Meet Our Alumnus Sadaqat Ahsan Who Wants to be an Inspiring Climate Activist

Meet Our Alumnus Sadaqat Ahsan Who Wants to be an Inspiring Climate Activist
Sadaqat Ahsan is our Global UGRAD alumnus (Spring 2022). He was placed at the university in New Jersey which is also known as the “Garden State,” due to its large number of trees and natural gardens. During his exchange journey, Sadaqat got a wonderful opportunity to volunteer with Jersey Cares ...
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Our Alumnus Mansoor Raza Alvi Passes Away

Our Alumnus Mansoor Raza Alvi Passes Away
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Mansoor Raza Alvi. He had been a valued member of the PUAN Islamabad Chapter and will be missed. Please keep Mansoor’s family in your thoughts as they go through this difficult time.
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