Aiman Saeed & Sehrish Fatima, TechCamp South Asia 2018 & Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN) alumni, organized a series of TechCamps in Islamabad, Sargodha, and Gilgit. Powered by the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Embassy in Pakistan, the main purpose of the TechCamps was to empower women business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs on digital, technology, ...
Fifty-two newly elected leaders of the Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN) met in Islamabad to kick off their terms leading its efforts to strengthen ties between the United States and Pakistan. Representing the network of over 29,000 Pakistani alumni of U.S. government-funded overseas and in-country exchange programs, these new PUAN leaders ...
The Pakistan U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN) general elections are back! The elections that decide the leadership of all 13 chapters of PUAN and the National Executive Committee (NEC) will take place from December 3, 2018 (09:00 a.m.) to December 6, 2018 (11:59 p.m.). Here is everything you need to know about the PUAN, ...
Impressed by the vibrancy of the Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN), Khayam M. Beg led the leadership of the PUAN Gilgit Chapter and voyaged for almost 20 hours amidst the intense weather on ragged roads to arrive in Islamabad for the eighth annual meeting of the PUAN National Executive Committee (NEC). ...
Sessions Help Unlock Best Practices for New Leadership Following a 20-hour road trip braving the cold weather and jagged roads from Skardu, Ashiq Hussain, Muhammad Ilyas, Siddiqa Moosa, Saira Zahid and Manzoor Hussain arrived in Islamabad. “We did not want to take a chance on the weather. We wanted to make ...
For members of the Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN), 2016 ended with rejuvenated energies and tense excitement. 2016 was an election year for PUAN and from November to December candidates fiercely campaigned with their political slogans, manifestos, and mandates, while voters deliberated with perspicacity. The fervor in the General Election this year ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah Arfa Mohib, Naureen Akhter, and Rubina Bano stood admiring the 300-year-old fort perched on a gigantic old rock. A few steps ahead, a group of alumni was appreciating the old-age artifacts preserved in the fort, while another cluster posed against the backdrop of the famous Shigar ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah. It was the morning of August 20, 2016, and despite the long overnight journey from Hunza to Skardu, there was not a trace of exhaustion on Amin Zada’s face. The reason behind it was simple: he had been selected from over 300 applicants to attend the ...
By Hira Nafees Shah The Pakistan-U.S Alumni Network celebrated the importance of peace, tolerance, and harmony through a series of community service events held nationwide for “peace week” from May 25th to May 31st. More than 3,000 alumni, students, and leadership of the twelve local chapters of the network enthusiastically ...
By Hira Nafees Shah College student Mohammad Kashif woke up at seven o’clock each morning during his summer vacation. Being from the Hyderabad area of Hunza, he spent over one-and-a-half hours traveling to Karimabad each day. Kashif embraced the long ride and gladly gave up extra sleep to pursue his ...