Staff Reporter
In collaboration with Inter University Consortium for Promotion of Social Sciences Pakistan (IUCPSS) and Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) Islamabad, National Skills University, (NSU) Islamabad, arranged a reception in honour of Dr. Sohail Habibi Tajik, Regional Police Officer Rawalpindi. Dr. Tajik, besides a refined police officer is also a scholar and regularly participates in academic activities particularly relevant to character building among youth. He has delivered a series of lectures on this topic across the higher education institutes of the country.
Participants of the reception expressed their concerns about the current incidence of intolerance in the country. They urged to institutionalize tolerance and patience skills among youth and in general, across the country’s populace. In this regard, it was suggested that academic leaders, institutional heads, Higher Education Commission, governmental organizations and civil society should get together for brainstorming of devising strategies of enthusing youth with civic education, tolerance skills and character building aimed at producing responsible and civilized citizens. This step will be greatly helpful in creating an environment of peace, co-existence and harmony across the country.
The participants also paid tribute to the martyrs of Army Public School Peshawar. The reception was attended by Dr S. M Junaid Zaidi Executive Director COMATS, Dr Muhammad Ali Shah Vice Chancellor Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Dr Muhammad Mukhtar Vice Chancellor National Skill University Islamabad, Murtaza Noor National Coordinator Inter University Consortium, Dr Gul Zaman Vice Chancellor University of Malakand, Dr Ghulam Mujahid Vice Chancellor Abbottabad University of Science and Technology.
