METRO EVENTS

Published May 24, 2017

Launching ceremony

Perveen Shakir Trust is organising the launch of Jiya Shah’s poetic collection Bab-i-Gul Mein Hawa ka Bayan on Wednesday, May 24 at Islamabad Hotel at 4pm.

Consultation

HRCP and Friedrich- Naumann-Stiftung Fur Freiheit (FNF) are organising a consultation on ‘Challenges for the Kalash community: the way forward’ on Thursday, May 25 at Islamabad Hotel from 2-5pm.

Seminar

Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) will hold a national policy seminar on ‘Secure and Inclusive Pakistan’ on Thursday, May 25 at Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services, F-5/2, from 3-5pm.

Published in Dawn, May 24th, 2017

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