Youth Peace Corps 2nd phase launched

LAHORE

Punjab Youth Affairs Department launched second phase of its Punjab Youth Peace Corps. This was announced during a press conference held Tuesday at the Lahore Press Club.

Youth Affairs Department had started the Punjab Youth Peace Corps in 2016. This is an initiative by the department which was aimed at peace building and the propagation and implementation of the National Action Plan through the youth.  The activity made youths aware about government endeavours for peace-building, especially the National Action Plan which is the first document of its kind whereby all political parties of Pakistan have consented for its development. It also made youth an active part of the peace-building process and prepared them as peace champions, who in turn organised 60 Social Action Projects in their respective communities and spread the messages of peace at the community level. They organised social actions in the form of peace walks, peace signature campaigns, wall paintings, seminars, discussions, speech competitions, peace video screenings, etc along with distribution of peace information material in streets of the selected 30 UCs.

PhDs: Punjab University has awarded PhD degrees to four scholars. 

Amna Yousaf, daughter of Muhammad Yousaf, has been awarded PhD in the subject of Education after approval of her thesis entitled “Relationship Between Levels of Information Skills and Knowledge Comprehension of Secondary School Students”, Saadia Ijaz, daughter of Ijaz Hussain Khan, in the subject of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics after approval of her thesis entitled “Genotoxic and Antioxidant Properties of Cyanobacterial Extracts and Chemopreventive Activities of Phycobiliproteins”, Muhammad Fareed, son of Muhammad Ali Fareedi, in the subject of Persian after approval of his thesis entitled “Introduction, Annotation & Editing of Sharh-e-Mathnavi-e- Yousuf Wa Zulaikha by Abdul Was’e Hansvi” and Salma Zaidi, daughter of Syed Fayyaz Hussain Zaidi, in the subject of Education after approval of her thesis entitled “Contribution of Home Economics Education Towards Education for Sustainable Development”.