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The paper examines violent extremism in Pakistan and the role of human rights education, arguing that universities can help develop tolerance, peaceful coexistence, and resistance to extremist ideas.
The National Housing Policy 2025 of Pakistan presents a strategic framework for addressing the country’s housing challenges through affordable, inclusive, sustainable, and climate-resilient development. The policy focuses on improving access to land and housing finance, promoting low-cost and affordable housing, upgrading informal settlements, strengthening construction technologies, and improving urban planning. It also emphasizes public-private partnerships, institutional and legal reforms, and green, energy-efficient, and disaster-resilient housing. Overall, the policy seeks to create an enabling housing environment that improves access to adequate housing for low- and middle-income groups while supporting sustainable urban development.
The study examines internal colonialism in northern Pakistan, particularly in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan. Torwali argues that indigenous communities have experienced political, cultural, and linguistic marginalization, resulting in the weakening of local languages, identities, and cultural rights. The study also discusses assimilation, loss of indigenous culture, fragmented political structures, and the situation of Gilgit-Baltistan. It calls for greater recognition and protection of the region's linguistic, cultural, and political rights.