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Applications Open for Community Solutions Program

Applications Open for Community Solutions Program
Opportunity Alert! Are you working to positively impact your local community by addressing complex global challenges like gender equality, environmental sustainability, government transparency, and conflict resolution? If so, apply now for Community Solutions Program via IREX to connect and collaborate with other grassroots leaders who are developing creative solutions to ...
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Alumni Securing More International Award Nominations

Alumni Securing More International Award Nominations
USG alumna and two times Academy and four-time Emmy winner, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s film house SOS and Fulbright alumna Safyah Usmani have been nominated for two Emmy nominations for the international series ‘Fundamental Gender Justice, No Exceptions’. Keep the good work up, folks.
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Two Alumni Get Influential Political Positions in GB

Two Alumni Get Influential Political Positions in GB
USG International Center for Journalists fellow & former President of PUAN Baltistan Chapter Muhammad Taqi Akhunzada and Emerging Leaders of Pakistan Exchange Program alumnus Yasir Abbas have been recently appointed as coordinators to Chief Minister of Gilgit Baltistan (GB). Join us in congratulating them.
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SUSI Alumna Short Story Makes into Finalist for Global Fiction Award

SUSI Alumna Short Story Makes into Finalist for Global Fiction Award
USG SUSI alumna and Rebecca Mason Perry Award winning author, Kanza Javed’s short story, “Worry Doll” has been selected as a finalist for the ’51st New Millennium Award for Fiction.’ Indeed PUAN is the world’s largest network of USG alumni who are doing work in the respective fields. Keep it ...
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Access Program Redefining Career Paths of Recipients

Access Program Redefining Career Paths of Recipients
Meet Hameer, one of our English Access alumni from Karachi, who recently completed his bachelor’s degree in engineering on a full-tuition scholarship from Dawood University of Engineering and Technology. Before the Access Program, Hameer was a tuk-tuk driver; however, he is grateful for the Access Program, which he says set ...
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PUAN Entrepreneurs Meeting CG for Roundtable

PUAN Entrepreneurs Meeting CG for Roundtable
Consul General William K. Makaneole hosted a roundtable on the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Punjab, and heard from 6 prominent leaders in the field. These leaders, alumni from diverse U.S. exchange programs, discussed the start-up ecosystem in Punjab and shared how their exchange programs helped them in their entrepreneurship careers. They ...
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PUAN Alumnus Makes to UK Based 30 Under 30 Professional

PUAN Alumnus Makes to UK Based 30 Under 30 Professional
𝐬Ans Khurram, an alumnus of U.S. Ambassador Youth Council has made into 30 under 30 rising star of data and analytics 2021 by UK based business firm. Ans is only the Pakistan represented in this list and we are really proud of him. Good job man. Keep shining
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PUAN Alumna Becomes Youngest Recipient of Diana Award

PUAN Alumna Becomes Youngest Recipient of Diana Award
Join us is congratulating and appreciating the successes of PUAN’s young alumna Ayesha Shaikh. Ayesha Shaikh is our alumna for IWP (International Writing Program) from the University of Iowa, USA. She has become the youngest recipient of Diana Award for putting her due share to make this world a better ...
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Discussion on Putting Environmental Laws into Action: From Challenges to Solutions

Discussion on Putting Environmental Laws into Action: From Challenges to Solutions
Under periodic meet-ups of ‘PUAN Interest Group on Environment and Energy’, the tribe recently had a virtual meet-up. This month’s theme was ‘Putting Environmental Laws into Action: From Challenges to Solutions’. The session was moderated by Humzah Yazdani, Fulbright alumnus from PUAN ISB-RWP Chapter, Manager (Legal) Pakistan LNG Limited, Islamabad. ...
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12th Dialogue of South Asian Alumni Concludes

12th Dialogue of South Asian Alumni Concludes
#RegionalTalks: 07 alumni from 3 South-Asian countries who have implemented USG funded AEIF or Embassy’s Public Diplomacy Grants had a recent virtual meeting under 12th regional alumni dialogue. These talks have been initiated by Pakistan-U.S. Alumni in partnership with U.S. Embassy, Pakistan. While speaking to the participants, Philip Assis, Deputy ...
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