METRO EVENTS

Published November 25, 2014

Talk

Dr. Sania Nishtar, former caretaker federal minister, will give a talk on ‘Human well-being: how does governance matter’ at a meeting of the English Speaking Union on Tuesday, November 25 at Serena Hotel.

Report launch

Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) in partnership with Friedrich Naumann Foundation is holding the report launch event ‘Civil Society and Police Reform in South Asia’ on Tuesday, November 25 at Islamabad Hotel from 10am-12:30pm.

Book launch

Book launch of ‘Education, Privatisation and Social Justice: Case studies from Africa, South Asia and South East Asia’ will be held on Wednesday, November 26 at Margalla Hotel from 2:30pm to 5:30pm.

Discussion

An interactive discussion on ‘Journalism in Pakistan in 2015’ will be held at the British High Commissioner’s residence on Thursday, November 27 from 3pm to 5:30pm.

Published in Dawn, November 25th , 2014

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