Pakistan is home to the largest Fulbright program in the world. The program allows Pakistani students to pursue master’s and doctoral degrees in the United States. More than 200 Pakistani alumni of the Fulbright Program gathered at the Serena Hotel in Islamabad from November 30 to December 2 for the ...
Conference Equips Participants with Tools for Inclusive Leadership Asfandyar Khattak works on advancing quality education in the town of Nowshera. Being a person with disability, he has a firm belief in pursuing an inclusive approach. This is why when he found out about a conference being organized on the principle ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah The PUAN International Education Conference held from July 22-24, 2016 in Islamabad with 200 exchange alumni from various U.S. State Department exchange programs from across Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka enabled alumni to learn through a series of skill-building and thematic sessions focused on key ...
After months of preparation, hundreds of applications, numerous hours of planning and streamlining, the day is finally here! Today we kick off the PUAN International Peace and Conflict Resolution Conference 2015 with 160 participants from 6 South Asian nations, 32 international speakers, 18 workshops, two panel sessions and six community outreach projects. We have speakers ...
The United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) organized its 11th Annual Fulbright and Humphrey Alumni Conference at the Fulbright Center at Forman Christian College in Lahore on 5 December, 2014. On the theme of “Vision 2025: Our Plan of Action”, the conference brought approximately 200 Fulbright and Humphrey alumni ...
By Hira Nafees Shah International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumna Mehreen Rashid was confused. Having worked for ten years as a broadcast journalist, she had decided to jump into entrepreneurship when she felt that her profession was not providing her the satisfaction that she needed. She set up her media ...
By Hira Nafees Shah A boring and bureaucratic city no longer—that was the consensus of Islooites who attended the 2014 Music Mela Conference that rocked the city’s Red Zone at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) May 2-4, 2014. Showcasing 15 folk, fusion, rock, indie and Qawwali bands ...
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 ...
By Hira Nafees Shah Global UGrad alumnus Farmanullah Mohmand had lived in his home district, the Mohmand Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, all his life, till he was forced to flee in 2009 with his scant belongings. With fierce fighting underway between the Pakistan Army and the militants, ...