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FIRST EVER PAKISTANI DIRECTORY OF YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMAL YOUTH GROUPS BY BARGAD-ORGANIZATION FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT What are youth issues? What is a youth organization? What are the relevant issues for organizations working on youth? How many organizations are operating in Pakistan focus on youth and plan for their social and economic integration? How can we reach these organizations? Do they work on an individual basis or seek collaboration and partnership with others? What kind of informal youth groups are functional in Pakistan? Are current youth organizations sufficient for youth in Pakistan? All these are questions that may be asked by many practitioners or policy makers concerned with youth issues. Unfortunately, they usually get incomplete answers because there is no clear and comprehensive published resource that gives full answers to these questions. A documented source that identifies, defines, describes and gives guidance to the current status and

On Global Youth Summit; Dr. Shahbaz Israr Khan spoke on the issue of youth and peaceful world. For complete talk please visit the following link: http://youthrisingforpeace.com/program

The Marketing of Rebellion Insurgents, Media and International Activism Author Clifford Bob (2005)  Bob, C. (2005). The Marketing of Rebellion: Insurgents, Media and International Activism. Cambridge University Press. Book Review by Dr. Shahbaz Israr Khan    The book review has been published in Peace and Conflict Review Volume 6-Issue 1 ISSN: 1659-3995 Who shall earn the support, the savviest or the neediest? Most probably the savviest! I am not talking about the corporate sector support, where the Darwinian norms and rules reign supreme, but the support of the global civil society. Is it astonishing? As most of us consider the opposite in case of civil society; the support goes to the neediest not the savviest. Assume the causes which are the neediest but cannot draft proposals or communicate in international languages, cannot operate the websites, their profile does not match the profile of the donor and so on. Will they be supported by the civil society?

Aspiring lips and searching eyes Withering buds and shattering dreams Smog spilling with no hope of light

Ten year old fairy was she With paralyzed hands and feet Looking out side the window

Seeking Peace Sun has descended with the fear of darkness Mountains and deserts fearing with its sharpness Plants and trees all in slumber