Counter Violent Extremism: Genesis, Media & Culture (Part 3) on January 23, 2023The surge in extremism and violence has had a severe negative impact on cultural values and practices in Pakistan. The 2014 National Action Plan realized the importance of culture and included reinforcing and reinvigorating cultural practices. This helped in the revival of cultural activities, and society responded with affirmative action. De-radicalization with the medium of […]
Counter Violent Extremism: Genesis, Media & Culture (Part-2) on January 22, 2023In the wake of the Peshawar school attack in 2014, civil-military leadership came up with a 20-point agenda called the National Action Plan (NAP) to rid the country of a repeat of a similar terrorist attack. The NAP was made with a specific, mostly quantifiable, and ultimately time-bound agenda to curb the scourge of terrorism. […]
Counter Violent Extremism: Genesis, Media & Culture (Part 1) on January 20, 2023Extremism, having different forms like radicalized religiosity, sub-nationalism, fanatic sectarianism, and political & social conservatism, is a phenomenon which has roots in antiquity. When extremism becomes violent then it transpires into a challenge primarily due to the failure of states or societies to identify its breeding or ignore it is maturing or in the worst […]
Climate Change: Educational Oversight (Part 2) on August 9, 2022Regarding the design of ECC, there are two schools of thought. CCE can be only scientific education about causes and consequences, or it can be inter-disciplinary pursuit like in South Korea and Australia aimed at transforming lifestyles. Science-based education imparts knowledge but does not bring behavioural change. Inter-disciplinary education engaging the social sciences for developing […]
Slaughters Of The East: honor killing in Pakistan (Part-03 of 03) on March 18, 2020In view of all details as mentioned in previous parts, law makers unanimously adopted the Anti- honor killing bill in a joint session of parliament. The bill mandates life terms for those who kill for “honor”. If a person kills someone in the name of honor, he or she will get the mandatory 25 years […]
Slaughters Of The East: honor killing in Pakistan (Part-02 of 03) on March 15, 2020Violence against women is closely linked to the regulations of gender activities. This is sensitive and very important issue. In many societies the ideal of masculinity is under pinned by a notion of ‘honor’ of an individual man, or a family or community and fundamentally connected to policing female behavior. Honor is generally seen as […]
Slaughters Of The East: honor killing in Pakistan (Part-01 of 03) on March 15, 2020Honor crimes are a term used widely to refer to the killing or harm induced on persons, usually women, for the protection of the perpetrator’s honor. A simplistic definition of honor killings is, ‘an act of violence, usually murder, committed by male family members against female family members, who are held to have brought dishonor […]