SDPI Special Seminar on:

“The Age of Violence: Is Non-Violence possible?”

To celebrate October 2nd, recently declared by the UN as the International Day of Non-Violence, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Actionaid Pakistan (AAP), Sungi Development Foundation and Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is arranging a special seminar on “The Age of Violence: Is Non-Violence Possible?”

The sub c ontinent is the birthplace of the philosophy of non-violence and some of its ardent advocates. Great thinkers, statesmen and leaders from Lord Buddha and Emperor Ashoka up to the contemporary leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Abdul Ghaffar Khan, have propagated, preached and practiced non-violence. The writings of Sufi poets like Rehman Baba, Buleh shah and Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai inherently promote values of peace of non-violence.

Experts and renowned scholars are invited to discuss the non-violence heritage of our region and highlight the importance and relevance of the philosophy of non-violence in the current age of violence, particularly for our region.

Speakers:

• Prof. Mushirul Hassan, Vice Chancellor, Jamia Mili University, New Delhi
• Dr. Muhammad Khalid Masud, Chairman, Council of Islamic Ideology, Islamabad
• Dr. Syed Waqar Ali Shah, Chairman, History Department, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad
• Dr. Fazal Rahim Marwat, Director, Bacha Khan Research Centre, Peshawar

Date: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 at 14:00-16:00 (2:00pm to 4:00pm)
Venue: SDPI, # 3, UN Boulevard, Diplomatic Enclave-1, G-5, Islamabad

For further details please contact:

Aimal Khan, Sustainable Development Policy Institute
051-2278134 or 0300-589 93 40

Amjad Nazeer, Sungi Development Foundation
051-2282 481/2 or 0345-54 00 338

Nazoora Ali, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
051-2827147 or 0333-536 39 25

Nusrat Sheikh, Actionaid International Pakistan
051-2611617-20 or 0300-516 84 71

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