Workshop on counter violent extremism ends

Islamabad: The concluding ceremony of a seven-day training workshop on Countering Violent Extremism was held here at the Information Service Academy on Sunday.

The workshop was organised by the Ministry of Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage with an aim to provide frontline professional media product development training with a deeper understanding of the violent extremism and terrorism and the role of media in countering it.

Additional Secretary, Ministry of Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage, Shafqat Jaleel was the chief guest on the occasion. Addressing the participants, Shafqat Jaleel expressed the hope that the representative students of various universities would disseminate whatever knowledge they had obtained during the workshop.

“You are our future journalists and I’m really encouraged to see your dedication. You are lucky enough to intermingle with each other and share your experiences with each. I’m confident this will help you a lot in the days to come,” he said. He said the workshop was aimed at educating the students to portray reality and report the events truthfully.

He said the government of Pakistan was working on esteemed national policies on de-radicalization and on combating violent extremism in all its forms. Over 30 students of media studies from a wide range of universities, including Quetta, Karachi, Gilgit-Baltistan, Bahawalpur, Lahore, Malakand, Peshawar, Islamabad and Rawalpindi attended the workshop.