Alumni News

In honor of National Disability Employment Month we highlight PUAN alumna Saima Saleem. Ms. Saleem attended the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University as part of the Foreign Service Scholarship Exchange Program in 2011. Saima is Pakistan’s first visually impaired diplomat and the first visually impaired civil servant in ...

To celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we honor Sheikh Faizan, our PUAN member, an IVLP alumnus and founder of Abey KHAO. Abey KHAO is a food truck in Islamabad that aims to empower the deaf community with a sign language menu. The staff at the food truck can communicate ...

Fulbright Specialist Dr. James Robinson is a professional improviser who brought his project “Improvisation and Mental Health” to Pakistan in 2018. He uses improvisation as a training module for social workers to listen more deeply, police officers to de-escalate violent situations, and people struggling with anxiety to manage their feelings. ...

How well are you aware about significance of ‘Biotechnology’ as a field especially after COVID-19? Do you know the present day status and future prospects involving latest techniques when it comes to agriculture and food processing? Do you know about the molecular genetics and how can it affect our lives? ...

Country Cultural Attaché, Farah Chery-Medor and Deputy Cultural Attaché, Philip Assis, U.S. Embassy, Islamabad met with Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN) Country President Syed Khurram Gillani and President of the local Islamabad-Rawalpindi Chapter, Syed Shahid Kazmi and his team. During the meeting, U.S. Embassy representatives and PUAN leadership discussed alumni engagement ...

10 alumni from 3 South-Asian countries recently met for 13th monthly virtual dialogue to talk about ‘Virtual Classroom Teaching and Learning During Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities’. These monthly dialogues have been initiated by Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN) in partnership with U.S. Embassy Pakistan and U.S. Missions at Bangladesh & Nepal. ...

We are proud of our English Works! alumna, Anum Anwar, who is currently the head of creative design at an interior design studio in Karachi. Anum said, “English Works has been a life-changing experience for me that gave me confidence, motivation, and essential communication and helped me explore my inner ...

One out of four girls and one out of six boys are subjected to sexual assault before they turn 18, and the unreported cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are ten times higher. Fulbright alumna Dr. Bushra Rahim is creating awareness about the menace of child abuse and the prevention mechanism through ...