UNIVERSITY TOWNHALLS
Climate Equity: Making Invisible Communities Matter
by Jinnah Institute
Date: December 17, 2022
What is the intersection between the science and sociology of climate change, and why is it important to understand? Why has equity emerged as the top question in debates on...
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Climate Catastrophes: Who Gets Left Behind?
by Jinnah Institute
Date: December 15, 2022
Global debates on climate justice emphasise the principle of leaving no one behind, yet the arduous journey of rebuilding in the wake of climate catastrophes has shown that many communities...
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The Polarised State: Can Social Media Help a Fractured Polity?
by Jinnah Institute
Date: November 30, 2022
Has the media been a progressive force for overcoming political faultlines? Was it ever really set up to broker an understanding between state and society? With political polarisation emerging as...
Never Telling the Truth: Challenges to Citizenship in a Time of Misinformation
Date: December 19, 2019
“The flipside of media credibility is that news organizations must be able to make money, as they are business ventures before all else,” stated journalist and anchor, Arifa Noor at...
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Cultural Expression and Political Identity
Date: December 18, 2019
“The purpose of political culture is to create an inclusive environment conducive to the participation of all kinds of people; much of democratic continuity rests on this,” said linguist and...
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Changing Nature of State & its Relationship with Citizens
Date: September 30, 2019
Jinnah Institute held a university townhall on 27th September 2019 with students and faculty members at the University of Lahore on the ‘Changing Nature of the State and its Relationship...
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Reinterpreting Citizenship: What are the Youth’s Rights & Responsibilities?
Date: April 25, 2019
How effectively do youth voice their concerns and agitate their causes with decision makers? How many young people want to actively take part in politics? Are Pakistani youth actually agents...
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Youth in Policy and Governance
Date: April 21, 2019
At Jinnah Institute’s University Townhall on Youth in Governance at SZABIST (Karachi), cultural critic Ahmer Naqvi and lawyer Alizeh Bashir stated that young people must learn to break barriers that...
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How do Art & Culture Shape Identity?
Date: April 18, 2019
Art and identity are in constant conversation and one shapes the other, stated renowned poets KishwarNaheed and Iftikhar Arif while speaking at Jinnah Institute’s University Townhall at Quaid-e-Azam University, moderated...
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Citizenship & the Constitution: Rights and Inclusion
Date: November 28, 2018
With ever increasing human rights violations and curbs on fundamental freedoms, it is important to reassert the notion of citizenship in a democratic polity and underscore the demands that citizens...
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Social Media & Populist Nationalism
Date: November 27, 2018
Political systems across the world have undergone a wave of populism, and are hard pressed to balance majoritarian political demands against fundamental human rights. Nowhere is this contest more visible...
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Threat to our Future: Extremism in Seats of Learning
Date: November 6, 2018
Persistence of extremist ideologies owes to their laying claim to a single truth. Challenging such claims hinges on the ability to critically evaluate and deconstruct their arguments. Salient features of...
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Youth Politics & Policy
Date: October 10, 2018
Policy frameworks must imagine Pakistan’s youth cohort as an opportunity to innovate public policy discourse and revitalize an increasingly unimaginative political conversation according to speakers at Jinnah Institute’s University Town...
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From Ideas to Markets: How Start-ups are Reshaping Entrepreneurship
Date: October 27, 2017
Pakistan’s new crop of entrepreneurs must learn how to sell their ideas as a first step towards realizing their dream, said experts at Jinnah Institute's town hall titled 'From...
University TownHalls
Social Discourse: Building Counter Narratives to Terrorism
Date: April 14, 2017
On 14/04/2017, Faced with the increasing operational effectiveness of terrorism in Pakistan, and reports of increased militant recruitment in South Asia as a whole, the importance of combating systemic fissures...
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Pakistan’s Youth Bulge: Breaking the Growth Ceiling
Date: April 5, 2017
Pakistan’s youth cohort makes up over 60 per cent of the population, providing Pakistan an opportunity to leverage their strategic position to enhance the country’s economic growth; this was the...
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Cultural Pluralism & the Politics of Identity
Date: February 23, 2017
On 23/02/17, Pakistan as a society must question the contemporary manifestations of ethnic discrimination, religious intolerance, and extremism by resuscitating the pluralistic vision of its inception. This was the main...
University TownHalls
Women’s Mentorship Accelerator
Date: December 5, 2016
03/12/16: Jinnah Institute held its first Women’s Mentorship Accelerator, geared towards creating spaces for young women entrepreneurs, building leadership capabilities and encouraging them to engage in Pakistan’s democracy, economy and...
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Social Entrepreneurship: Breaking Glass Ceilings
Date: September 29, 2016
Pakistan’s social entrepreneurship eco-system still requires a dedicated investor and knowledge base to build socially responsible businesses and contribute to youth employment; this was the main focus of speakers at...
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Youth & the Future of Our Politics
Date: April 27, 2016
On 26/04/16, Jinnah Institute held its first University Town Hall in collaboration with SZABIST University in Islamabad. The policy dialogue featured a panel comprising of Ammara Durrani, Marvi Sirmed, Meher...
