‘National Action Plan to counter terrorism not fully implemented’
June 25, 2021
LAHORE: The National Action Plan (NAP) to counter terrorism has not been fully implemented due to various reasons, including lack of civilian ownership of the plan for its execution, confusion on the definition of terrorism and absence of a national narrative on terrorism.
However, the successful Karachi operation and merger of the Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (Fata) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were important achievements under the plan.
This was the crux of deliberations at a ceremony organised by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), a German political foundation Pakistan and Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS), an Islamabad based think-tank here Thursday to launch two reports - “Defining terrorism in Pakistan” and “Assessing the National Action Plan to counter terrorism and defining terrorism in Pakistan”. The speakers stressed the need to have a clear definition of terrorism and to e
Youth urged to shed social, ethnic bias
Peshawar
January 23, 2021
PESHAWAR: A group of university students were urged at a workshop on Friday to shed social, ethnic and political biases and fight against all forms of prejudice.
It was discussed that despite the youth bulge, there had been no workable youth policy to channelise their energies. Blaming the education system, the participants said that it had largely been unable to equip the young minds with necessary social skills to work for the establishment of a peaceful and cohesive society.
In this backdrop, a series of countrywide workshops is being organised for university students on the theme of ‘youth for interfaith harmony.’The workshops were aimed at engaging university students in discussions on questions of interfaith relations, constitution, fundamental rights, positive thinking, and career counseling.