Pakistani Educational Leadership Institute

OUR BOSTON TRIP IS ON FRIDAY! Here is some information about the places we’ll be visiting on our trip. (follow the links)

Our first stop will be the Longfellow National Historic Site.  The Longfellow house is located in Cambridge, just outside of Boston.  We will be touring the house and having lunch in the beautiful gardens.  After lunch, we will board the bus to the Museum of Science, where we will board the Duck Boats.  In the Duck Boat, we will learn lots of interesting facts about Boston while cruising by all the of the sites that make it such a unique and wonderful city.  Once the Duck tour is over, we will go into the Museum of Science, for a brief presentation and a self guided tour of the exhibit halls.  Faneuil Hall is our last stop- where we’ll find lots of live entertainment, good food and an opportunity for some shopping!

On Thursday, July 10th, you will be traveling to the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center with Mary Ann McGarry.  The Science Center is located in Holderness, NH- about 15 minutes from PSU campus.  There are live animal exhibits, nature trails, natural science education programs and beautiful gardens to explore.  To find out more, visit the Science Center website.

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  Daer All

       Hope you are enjoing youe visit ,Blake as  Misbah (My  very nice Colleague) is with you so i am feeling my self with you ,Misbah seems to be enjoying her visut ,Yes Nighat how are you you are in few pictures only,where are you ? a lot of friends and family  from Pakistan (Along with me)  wants to see you

     Warm regards

                                                           Samia

It has been wonderful to read about your experiences and see photos of you all in Lincoln on Independence Day!  I am sorry that I missed such a fun-filled trip!  July 4th has been one of my favorite holidays since I was a kid- for as long as I can remember, it is a day filled with family, lots of food, swimming, boating, fireworks and lots of smiling faces.

Every year on the 4th of July, my family gathers at my aunt and uncle’s home on Newfound Lake in Hebron, NH. Newfound Lake is one of the cleanest lakes in the world- and one of my most favorite places.   My parents now live year round on the lake- but when I was a kid, we had a summer cottage there- where we spent every weekend between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Following are some photographs of my family on July 4th- this is what we were doing while you were all having a great time in Lincoln!

my aunt and uncle’s house on Newfound Lake

My husband and kids having fun in the kayaks

my son (right) and my cousin jumping off the dock into the water

my kids and cousins going ‘tubing’ behind the speed boat!

and last but not least, an evening fireworks display over the lake!!

I am looking forward to spending the day with all of you in Boston on Friday!

-Michelle

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Hello All, please see some of our pictures from the 4th of July in Lincoln and North Woodstock, NH. The day included a trip to Fadden’s Maple Sugar House a General Store. Following this, we had pizza from Elvio’s Pizzeria poolside at one of the area resorts. We visited the Upper Pemigewasset Historical Society and then watched the 4th of July Parade. Afterward we stopped by Udderly Delicious to try some ice cream and went swimming at an area swimming hole. We concluded the night with dinner in Plymouth, NH from the restaraunt Thai Smile and concluded the festivities with sparklers in the evening. Please check out the links and some of the pictures below.

Yours,

Sean Robinson

Ayaz and Saimon at the River

Imtiaz posing for the camera

Saeeda  after everyone else jumped into the water

Ayaz hard at work

This is, i believe, our first group shot. Taken just in front of Fadden’s Sugar House

A presentation by Mr. Fadden on how maple sap is taken from a tree.

This is it for now. Thanks!

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Hi people! I would like to share a 4th of July that i spent with my American and Pakistani friends. The parade followed by graciously huge scoops of icecream (!) and then the fireworks. I enjoyed sitting in the sun with families at Lincoln watching the parade go by. My favourite were the cute little kids on scooters! Isn’t it all about peaceful coexistence? Whether its individuals or nations. As the world shrinks all the more need to respect each others space and cultures. I think this training is a great way to learn about the American culture first hand. Peace! 

Dear All

First of all I wanted to wish all my US friends a very happy Independence Day. Last year today we were packing our bags and getting ready to go there and today we are looking at the pictures of new PELI participants -arriving there,  walking on the same tracks and believe me it seems today like a sweet dream that we had all seen together. I hope and wish that this year’s participants may also have a lovely time.

Love n regards to all my friends.

Afshan Huma

Lecturer, AIOU, Islamabad

Dear All.

July 4 is an important date for me as we all reached America last year on this date. We have completed one year of our friendship. those were the memorable moments of our lives. I really miss them.

Best wishes to all the members of PELI 2008. Have a great time. Am sure you’ll enjoy your trip.

Take care

Regards

Faiza Nabi

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National Public Radio in the United States recently produced a series of reports on Karachi, Pakistan, as part of an “Urban Frontier” series on its Morning Edition show.

To listen to these in-depth audio programs (each is 8 to 9 minutes in length), you may wish to use headphones on your computer. If you are in Lamson Library at Plymouth State University, you may borrow headphones from the Information Desk.

Series Overview: The Urban Frontier – Karachi

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91009748

Page with links to the 10 shows in this series on Karachi

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91083375

Thanks to Gary McCool for this post.

The following paper was written by David Chorney. David is currently working with us as a student intern and wanted to share his paper with our Pakistani cohort in the interest of receiving local feedback on the position he holds in this writing. The following is an abstract, the paper is available on our site here.

To: Assistant Secretary of South and Central Asia

From: David Chorney

Subject: U.S policy towards Pakistan

Date: 02/22/08

Executive Summary

• The United States needs a consistent foreign policy towards Pakistan to increase trust between the two nations, stop the terrorists gaining a strong hold in the tribal areas, help stop terrorist recruiting, and to promote a growing democracy.
• Policy One: Is a combination of democracy and allying itself with Pakistan’s military. No Sanctions. Create an equal relationship with the civilian government and the military.
• Cost Benefit of Policy One: Major costs are money and time. Promoting democracy may result in an election of a leader that is part of an Islamic movement or anti-American.
• Benefits: Look at the past and the al Qaeda leaders captured with good relations with Pakistan. Greater Stability in Pakistan. Liberal theory says democracies are more peaceful and work better together.
• Policy Two: Build up infrastructure. Reform Pakistan’s educational system to decrease the number of students going to radical Madrassahs. Proven evidence from NGOs this will work. Also look at how stabilization helped China’s economy.
• Cost of Policy Two: Make sure aid is used for the educational reform. Do not need another Abdul Qadeer Kahn. The problem arising from empowering a mass of people. Building up infrastructure could create more competition.
• Benefits: A lot of potential. Diminish the amount of recruits terrorist groups can choose from. Direct correlation between uneducated people and terrorism. Education will help stabilize country and modernize economy. Look at India’s young educated skilled workers.
• Policy recommendation three: Give aid to military. Develop tribal areas. Restore political legitimacy in Pakistan. Short term answer.
• Costs of policy three: Money and the reaction of the army to a civilian government. Cost of Musharraf not accepting a civilian government or power sharing agreement.
• Benefits of policy three: In tribal areas ends reliance on terrorist groups. Legitimizes government and political system and gives power to choose back in the people. Helps develop economy. Promotes good working relationship between U.S army and Pakistani army. Short term solution to problem put increase troops on border of Pakistan in Afghanistan.
• Recommended policy: Combination of Policies two and three. Educational reforms coupled with the economic development of the tribal regions. Also military aid and political reform to restore legitimatization.