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COVID-19 AND THE HUMANITARIAN WORLD By Shahbaz Israr Khan Covid -19 has gripped the world in pan-crisis w ith remarkable impact on world affairs and has/ will impact the humanitarian interventions across the world . In this article I hereby present humanitarian sector dilemmas related to Covid -19 situation which has impacted and will further impact the humanitarian programs across the world and need to be addressed on priority basis . Firstly, Covid -19 impact on world's economy has already started taking its toll on humanitarian budget by donor countries and decrease in contributions by individuals leading to new perceived program priorities, for instance in Africa malaria program and other diseases are highly impacted due budget cuts , re-routing of funds to Covid interventions domestically and overburdened health systems . Covid has to be prioritized but should not be on the expense of other diseases like malaria , Tuberculosis and Hiv which kill hundred thou...

Most of the researches which study young people, present youth as a risk or in conflict paradigms. These approaches portray male youth (particularly in developing country) as potential of violence and woman as victims. Such notions highlights male more important and eventually female youth are excluded and are presented only as victims and thus less focused in policies and programs. The present research adopts feminist approach and a qualitative research methodology that studies female and male youth in peace and conflict paradigms and examines power, experiences and actions in their home culture and environment. In doing so, it captures human experiences in their own voices and identifies multiple factors based on their perceptions that can help to create a secure and healthy environment. The research unveils the discriminatory practices and gender differences that create violence against youth (particularly female youth) in cultural, social, economic and politic...

    Lets Stand for Peace    "My eyes are dim, Am I loosing hope? Blood, gore and death. I can't sleep,   Cries reverberate in my mind Miseries, cries and tears Trembling hands and faded faces Make me realize, This is not a time to sleep, to smile, to be in our dreams If we remain silent as dead as grave Flames will soon reach to burn our dreams to ashes Lets stand amid the darkness Lets bring our boats to the shore of love Feel love within us Feel love surrounding us Lets stand together Lets join our hands Lets stand for Peace " Shahbaz Israr Khan

I am in Trouble: Random Thoughts and Confusing views  Well today, I decided to talk to you rather of writing a formal article. Most of the times informal talk is better than a formal conversation. In most of formal gatherings, I try to talk to people at the tea break, it is the best time to make alliance or lobby for a thing you want to . Surely, I can not offer you here a cup of tea but what we can do is to share experiences in a most simple and informal way, so we can pin point issues and can propose and work on solutions. Let's do it now. Wait! first grab a cup of coffee before going further, I do have it here Can you feel it? hummm! If you can feel then bring some cookies too!!!! So what kind of trouble am I in? I do not have headache, my legs are fine, no weak eyesight and not even suffering with schizophrenia.  But even then I am sad. Am I sad about you or about myself? Ah! probably yes, I am. Life is so busy that we are mostly unconcerned about others ...

Transforming a university conflict into a student development platform Dr. Shahbaz Israr Khan June 11, 2013 Published by Peace and Conflict Monitor  Link: http://www.monitor.upeace.org/innerpg.cfm?id_article=990   In this article, Dr. Khan tells the story of how the student council of Gomal University was formed to mediate a conflict between two student societies, and eventually became a way for students to break down the barriers between them and play a meaningful role in the administration of the university. The conflict I am discussing here is an experience that my team and I, as a president of a student council [1] , had mediated and transformed at Gomal University, Pakistan, in 2008. Gomal University is located in Khyber Pukhtunkhaw (KP) province of Pakistan and receives students from all four provinces of the country and also from other countries like Sudan, Kenya, Nepal, Egypt, Syria are among few to mention. Most of the st...

Data tabulation: ‘Province lacks groups focused on youth’     Data tabulation: ‘Province lacks groups focused on youth’ By Our Correspondent Published: May 6, 2013 Share this article Print this page Email As many as 14 districts in the Punjab have no youth organisations at all,” says Shahbaz Israr Khan. DESIGN: SUNARA NIZAMI/FILE LAHORE:  “There is a dearth of youth-focused and youth-led organisations in many districts in the province. As many as 14 districts in the Punjab have no youth organisations at all,” said Bargad Programme Officer Shahbaz Israr Khan. Dr Khan has a degree in Gender and Peace Building from the UN  University for Peace. He led a team to develop the first ever Youth Directory, which aims to collate data on all youth organisations and informal groups in the country. The first volume was released last month by Bargad, an NGO working for the development of the youth. The project funded by a...