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TEDxIslamabad: Celebrating Adventures of Breaking Barriers

PUAN EDITOR

March 31, 2016

7 min read

TEDxIslamabad: Celebrating Adventures of Breaking Barriers

By Rimsha Ali Shah “Inspiration and interaction are related terms because when you interact with new people, they inspire your soul. This is the power I felt at TEDxIslamabad!” Nosheen Akhtar attended her first ever TEDx event on March 19, and said the experience inspired her to go the extra ...

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Spotlight Alumna: Sundas Matloob and Her Artistic Journey

PUAN EDITOR

March 30, 2016

13 min read

Spotlight Alumna: Sundas Matloob and Her Artistic Journey

By Rimsha Ali Shah This month in our spotlight profile, we take you through the journey of Sundas Matloob, a NESA alumna, who discovered the artist and curator within her through her interaction with art in the United States. She has since graduated with honors from National College of Arts ...

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Cyclone: Channeling Disruptive Energies in to Leadership Skills

PUAN EDITOR

March 22, 2016

7 min read

Cyclone: Channeling Disruptive Energies in to Leadership Skills

By Rimsha Ali Shah Four groups of girls sat huddled together in the classroom of K.M.A Girls School, Karachi discussing the storyline they would present to the class. The topic was “imagination” and the crossfire of creativity in the room was a perfect example of “thinking out of the box.” ...

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Armed with the Law: Alumnus Small Grant Project Empowers Women of Umerkot

PUAN EDITOR

March 9, 2016

8 min read

Armed with the Law: Alumnus Small Grant Project Empowers Women of Umerkot

By Rimsha Ali Shah Travelling back by bus from the Soomro Taluka Hospital, Hanifa Chauhan thought about the telefilm she watched the night before. It was about a woman from a modest background like her, who rose above societal pressures to spearhead change in the lives of the women around ...

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Training to Lead: Alumna Empowers Girls through Leadership Building Exercises

PUAN EDITOR

March 1, 2016

6 min read

Training to Lead: Alumna Empowers Girls through Leadership Building Exercises

By Rimsha Ali Shah Buzzing with a mix of enthusiasm and uncertainty, twenty girls stood in a circle at the Attock City School playground. As they looked around trying to figure out the meaning behind the circular formation, someone suddenly shouted: “Hey! I am Tooba! And I like to play ...

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Alumni Corner: Waseem Qureshi Writes About his Exchange Experience

PUAN EDITOR

February 26, 2016

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Alumni Corner: Waseem Qureshi Writes About his Exchange Experience

Waseem Qureshi, alumnus of the Legislative Fellowship Program (LFP), writes about his exchange experience in the U.S, detailing the legislative exposure and cultural exchange. This article was originally published in Daily Nawa-i-Waqt, Lahore.

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Campaign Promotes Protection of Cultural Heritage in Hazara Region

PUAN EDITOR

February 19, 2016

6 min read

Campaign Promotes Protection of Cultural Heritage in Hazara Region

By Rimsha Ali Shah Did you know that at the edge of the city of Mansehra in Khyber Pukhtonkhwa there lies a rock with inscriptions dating back to the 3rd Century, B.C? These inscriptions are significant in that they provide examples of early written language in South Asia in their ...

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In Conversation with Naeema Butt

PUAN EDITOR

February 11, 2016

9 min read

By Rimsha Ali Shah “Why theater?” is a question many people addressed to Naeema Butt, a mass communications major, former football player of the Pakistan National Women’s Football team, a social activist, President of World Merit, a global platform for talented and collaborative youth, and the current General Secretary of ...

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Legislative Fellow Leads Workshop Series Promoting Gender-Sensitive Governance

PUAN EDITOR

February 6, 2016

7 min read

Legislative Fellow Leads Workshop Series Promoting Gender-Sensitive Governance

By Rimsha Ali Shah “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they have none” As a woman from a country that put a female head of state on the map back in the 1990’s, Hina Fatima knew the same political fire resided in the women ...

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Acteavism: LFP Alumna Trains Youth on Social Entrepreneurship in a New Light

PUAN EDITOR

February 2, 2016

8 min read

Acteavism: LFP Alumna Trains Youth on Social Entrepreneurship in a New Light

By Rimsha Ali Shah What is a real conversation-starter in Pakistan? Some might say food, but to really narrow it down, cricket and tea or chaye, as it is locally called, is another. Communicating ideas, debating opinions and shaping friendships with the backdrop of a cup of tea at a ...