It’s that time of the year again when the alumni of the U.S. Department of State sponsored exchange programs gather under one roof to reconnect, discuss ideas and celebrate the achievements of their respective chapters. 17th August 2017 marked the seventh annual reunion of Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN) Islamabad Chapter. ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah Aleenah Masud stood at the back of the hall with a bird’s eye view of the event before her. She could see the hall filling up, with a lot of new faces, and a lot of old ones. Since her participation in the Study of the ...
By: Rimsha Ali Shah The tweets were pouring in by the minute from all over the world, each accompanied by #PUANISB15. For many alumni, the PUAN Islamabad-Rawalpindi Chapter’s annual reunion was their debut at the largest gathering of exchange alumni from across the twin cities. For others, the evening brought ...
Twenty alumni of IVLP, SUSI, Global U- Grad, Benjamin Franklin, Legislative Fellow, Youth Exchange Study from the Pakistan U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN) Islamabad Chapter traveled 150 km to Peshawar to meet with PUAN KPK-FATA alumni community to share their solidarity in the wake of the horrific terrorist attack on the ...
By Hira Nafees Shah For the fourth year running, the annual Islamabad-Rawalpindi Reunion was a marquee event for the Pakistan-US Alumni Network in the capital. This year, nearly 700 alumni of U.S. exchange programs braved road closures and heavy traffic to celebrate the achievements of their colleagues. Participants came from ...
By Hira Nafees Shah The Islamabad chapter of the Pakistan-U.S Alumni Network arranged an international online discussion session exploring Pakistani and Indian perspectives on the 1947 Partition of their two countries on Saturday, August 9th 2014. Indian Fulbright Alumnus Jasmine Shah was the chief guest on the occasion who addressed ...
Global UGrad Alumna Leads Science Workshop for Underprivileged Kids Saba Safdar (2012 Global UGrad alumna) organized a workshop Dec. 1-2 at Islamabad’s National University of Science Technology (NUST) to introduce 40 young minds to the field of science. The participants were students from the Embassy’s English Access program and local ...
Last month, one of our journalist alums Waqas Rafique (IVLP 2012), correspondent for Capital TV, reported LIVE from the Sept. 27 Reunion of our Islamabad-Rawalpindi Chapter. Thanks Waqas, for a great story!
More than 600 U.S. exchange alumni reunited in Islamabad September 27 to further strengthen U.S.-Pakistan ties and to network with U.S. Embassy staff, and each other. Organized by the Islamabad-Rawalpindi Chapter of the Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN), this third-annual reunion is PUAN’s biggest event of the year. Recently returned alumni ...
Alumni from the Islamabad-Rawalpindi chapter of the Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN) launched the “Paint for Peace” community engagement project on August 24 in Fatimah Jinnah Park. More than 100 alumni and local artists participated in three painting sessions that culminated in an art exhibit September 12. Gulnaz Sheikh, a 2013 ...