Published: Express Tribune – March 24, 2013 LAHORE:  Civil society representatives gathered at Shadman Chowk on Saturday, March 23, to commemorate the 82nd death anniversary of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. The participants paid tribute to him for services rendered during the independence movement. Bhagat Singh was born in Banga [...]

  Published: DAWN – March 24, 2013 LAHORE, March 23: Scores of civil society representatives, intellectuals, writers, poets and students on Saturday gathered at Fawara Chowk, Shadman, to mark the 82nd death anniversary of Bhagat Singh. As the participants carrying placards and banners were paying a tribute to Singh at [...]

  Published: The Hindu – March 24, 2013 Peace activists, who gathered at Lahore’s Fawara Chowk in the Shadman area, on the 82nd death anniversary of revolutionary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh on Saturday to press for the renaming the roundabout after him were attacked by religious rightwing groups. According to [...]

  Published: Times of India – March 23, 2013 BARNALA: Despite real threats by religious groups of Pakistan not to demand renaming of a roundabout after martyr of yore, legendary martyr Bhagat Singh aficionados paid tributes on his 83rd martyrdom day. Institute for peace and secular studies (IPSS) convener Diep [...]

  Published: Times of India – March 9, 2013   Sensitizing the youth The department of life long learning and extension, Panjab University, in collaboration with Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), Sector-11, celebrated International Women’s Day by sensitizing the youth on violence against women. Joginder Mukerjee, chairperson of YWCA, said, [...]

  Published: Daily Times – March 3, 2012 Staff Report LAHORE: Civil society activists held a candlelight vigil to pay tribute to assassinated federal minister Shahbaz Bhatti on Saturday at Liberty Roundabout. The vigil was organised by the Institute of Peace and Secular Studies (IPSS). People belonging to different walks [...]

  Published: Daily Times – February 18, 2013 * Protesters demand army control of Quetta for maintenance of peace Staff Report LAHORE: Protests were held against the Quetta blast at the Liberty Roundabout, Governor’s House and Imamia Colony, GT Road, on Sunday. The protests were organised by the Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM), [...]

Published: DAWN – January 28, 2013 LAHORE, Jan 27: A candlelit vigil was held in front of the Press Club here on Sunday to condemn recent violations of ceasefire at the Line of Control (LoC) and condole the loss of lives on both sides. People from different walks of life [...]