PESHAWAR, Nov 5: Islami Jamiat Talba (IJT), the students’ wing of Jamaat-i-Islami, will launch a weeklong drive “Umeed Pakistan” from today (Tuesday) to create awareness among students on the current situation in the country.

The announcement was made by IJT Khyber Pakhtunkhwa nazim Sohail Babar Rahi while speaking at a press conference at Peshawar Press Club on Monday. He said the campaign had already been initiated from Wana area of South Waziristan Agency, which would be expanded to settled areas to create awareness among students about the increasing internal and external challenges being faced by the country.

He informed that in the next phase of the drive, a three-day mela would be held in Peshawar from November 6 to 8, while “Rising Pakistan” programme would be held in Islamabad on November 13. The IJT nazim said the drive had been designed keeping in view external challenges to the country. “The theme of the drive, to be carried out in different educational institutions of the province, is “Hum Hain Roshan Mustakbil”. —Bureau Report