The 3-Day Professional Training Workshop for Thirty Four (34) Media Students from all over the Universities in Punjab concluded here today. This workshop was organized by Pakistan Peace Collective (PPC), a research & communication project of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (M/O,I&B). It may be recalled that project works on the peace-building campaigns to counter the trends of violent extremism in Pakistan and subsequently on the capacity building of media students on developing creative media content. Mian Shabbir Anwer CEO Pakistan Peace Collective chaired the concluding session of training workshop. While addressing the participants, he emphasized upon the need for peace and harmony in society to achieve a higher benchmark of progress and development. He advised the participants to strive for achieving the higher objectives of life and play their due role in this regard, when they enter into practical life. He expressed the hope that the participants would utilize the lessons learnt during the training workshop and contribute towards the peace building efforts as responsible communicators particularly while covering issues of violent extremism. He later distributed certificates among the participants of the workshop. The training workshop unwrapped on the opening day with a discussion on Narratives, Impact & Critical Analysis of Violent Extremism in Pakistan; session was delivered by Mufti Raghib Naeemi son of Mufti Sarfaraz Naeemi (Late). Mufti Raghib mentioned that his father was targeted because of his fatwa that suicide attacks are forbidden in Islam which was endorsed in the recent pact of Paigham e Pakistan, a social contract validated by all the political parties as well as ulema and masha’ikh of all schools of thoughts. Students were also given a chance to interact with the resilient and brave citizen of Pakistan; Dr. Fatima Haider Founder The Grief Directory; narrated her own life story where her husband and son both had been killed in an incident of sectarian violence. Other sessions of training workshop include Media’s role in Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), The social and psychological impact of Conflict Reporting in Pakistan, Critical Thinking: Communicating on Conflict in Pakistan. The training ended with course modules of Video Production Techniques includes research scripting, interview and camera techniques, grammar of sound, lightning and editing. In the practical exercises, participants also produced media products through smartphones based on the training themes. Mr. Qasim Ali Shah Life Skills & Motivational Trainer, Kamran Butt from National College of Arts Lahore, Dr. Manzar Zaidi Research Expert on Extremism and Terrorism, Farhan Mushtaq Producer PTV Lahore, Usman Zafar and Faizan Gul from PPC also delivered their respective lectures during the training. The participants attending the training workshop belonged to various universities from all over the Punjab Province of Pakistan, including Lahore, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Sargodha and Bahawalpur. Similar two-cluster training workshops will be organized by Pakistan Peace Collective in August 2019 for media students where twenty (20) more universities will be represented from all over Pakistan. ***** ?
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