METRO EVENTS

Published May 28, 2016

Consultation

A ‘Consultation on the Development in Freedom of Expression’ will be held on Saturday, May 28 at Supreme Court Bar Hostel 56-A, Ataturk Avenue, G-5/2, at 10am.

SDPI event

Sustainable Development Policy Institute is organising an event ‘A Tribute to Living Legend Ms Nisar Aziz Butt’ an acclaimed Urdu novelist, on Monday, May 30 at Islamabad Hotel from 5-7pm.

Consultation

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is organising a consultation on Human Cost of Environmental Degradation on Wednesday, June 1 at Islamabad Hotel from 2:30-6pm.

Public talk

Centre for Research and Security Studies is organising a public talk on ‘Global Security Challenges in the era of new geo-political Realignments: European Responses’ by former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt on Wednesday, June 1 at Serena Hotel from 4-6pm.

Published in Dawn, May 28th, 2016

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