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Alumni Small Grants

Playing for Peace in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

PUAN EDITOR

February 26, 2014

9 min read

By Hira Nafees Shah Roohullah Jan was just in eighth grade when he started taking an interest in boxing, a passion that would convert into a full-fledged career in later years. He won the second position in National Games and also topped the admission list in the Geology Department in ...

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Alumna Introduces New Teaching Methodologies to Kashmiri Teachers

PUAN EDITOR

February 18, 2014

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Alumna Introduces New Teaching Methodologies to Kashmiri Teachers

By Hira Nafees Shah Javed Ayub set off on an arduous journey on the morning of February 3rd. During the next three days, he would tread through six feet snowfall in Neelum District and take an assortment of transport, before reaching his destination city- Mirpur in Azad Kashmir. Ayub had ...

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Alumna Spearheads a Dynamic Crafts Bazaar for Artisans in KP

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February 13, 2014

8 min read

Alumna Spearheads a Dynamic Crafts Bazaar for Artisans in KP

By Hira Nafees Shah Taking the time out to leave a sick husband and school-going children behind was not easy for artisan Azra Shaheen. Faced with considerable financial difficulties, she had started her own business producing handmade bed sheets in a village in Nowshera four months ago, and was ...

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UGrad Alumnus Organizes Successful Swat Youth Conference

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February 3, 2014

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UGrad Alumnus Organizes Successful Swat Youth Conference

By Hira Nafees Shah Swat Valley’s Wadudia Hall, built in 1968, has boasted numerous visits of Pakistani politicians over the years. But never had a female speaker taken the stage in this historic building until January 2014 when Syeda Natasha Anwar spoke at the Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network’s (PUAN) first ever ...

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Alumnus Shares English Language Teaching Strategies at Workshop

PUAN EDITOR

January 22, 2014

6 min read

Alumnus Shares English Language Teaching Strategies at Workshop

By Hira Nafees Shah If given the opportunity, many instructors avoided teaching the Electrical Engineering class at a local university. The students had become notorious for being boisterous, outspoken and over confident. But one morning in November, there was an unusual silence in the class, broken only by the melody ...

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Alumni Celebrate Pakistan’s Unique Heritage at Cultural Diversity Expo

Puan Editor

January 13, 2014

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Alumni Celebrate Pakistan’s Unique Heritage at Cultural Diversity Expo

By Hira Nafees Shah From Punjabis, Kashmiris and Sindhis in the east, to Muhaijirs and Makrani in the south, to Baloch and Pashtun in the west, and the ancient Dardic, Wakhi, Baltistani and Burusho communities in the north, Pakistan is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world. ...

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Delegates Find Solutions to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Problems at Model Provincial Assembly

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December 30, 2013

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Delegates Find Solutions to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Problems at Model Provincial Assembly

By Hira Nafees Shah Aqeel Ahmed, a Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) law student, travelled from Lahore all the way to Peshawar on a cold December afternoon. His goal: to find a solution to the problems besetting his home province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as a delegate to the region’s first-ever ...

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JEET KEY PARHAO: Creative Writing Competition Inspires Students

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December 28, 2013

11 min read

JEET KEY PARHAO: Creative Writing Competition Inspires Students

By Hira Nafees Shah Squeals of excitement and giggles rang out as teachers told more than 300 students to take their places in the playground. Life was generally a dreary affair for these children with mounting pressures like inflation, unemployment and poverty taking a toll on their families. Their days ...

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AJK Alumnus Leads Social Media Workshops for Women’s Empowerment

PUAN EDITOR

December 4, 2013

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AJK Alumnus Leads Social Media Workshops for Women’s Empowerment

By Hira Nafees Shah Saima Maqbool was already well aware of Facebook before signing up for a social media training workshop for young women of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. But after attending the workshops and conducting three more sessions, her perspective changed dramatically. “Not only did I learn to create ...

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Lahore Alumni Teach Youth about Creative Writing

PUAN EDITOR

November 11, 2013

1 min read

Lahore Alumni Teach Youth about Creative Writing

On October 26, a team from Discovering New Artists (DNA), an organization run by Mujtaba Zaidi (2011 Global UGrad alumnus), visited two underserved schools to conduct a creative writing competition called “Jeet ke Parhao.” The project aims to instill critical thinking skills and foster imaginative expression among underprivileged children in ...