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@REZAphotography
#LLF2016
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Lovely sentiment, in Barbican children's library.
#libraryrevolution
#barbicanlibrary
#libraries
@neilhimself
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60% of polled Germans think their country can cope with high no. of refugees. 86% said Germany a country of migrants
For every Syrian refugee taken by Britain, Germany takes 27
http://t.co/MexaXMXW62
(via
@AlbertoNardelli
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The Karachi Library team at the
#70Years
#70Stories
closing ceremony last night.
In 2016, we reopened our libraries in Lahore and Karachi after a 15 year closure, and their success is 100% down to these amazing people.
#PKLibraries
#UKPAK70
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"Our libraries continue to be places where people... exchange information and ideas."
@pkBritish
I got to outline my thinking on cultural relations this week at our British Council Annual Lecture.
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On behalf of the British Council Lahore office, all the best to
@TomDrewUK
and
@JoannaRoperFCO
as they leave Pakistan after 4 exciting, eventful, and successful years, leading one of the biggest UK missions. You will be missed!
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Our Pak tea-house style library is looking very atmospheric tonight. Visit
#HeritageNow
this weekend and chat with authors over chai.
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In my
#TEDxLahore
talk this year, I spoke about libraries as vital 3rd places, which we need more than ever in the digital age.
In a country of +200million, Pakistan has 400 public libraries. That’s 1 library for every half a million people.
@pkBritish
6% of 🇵🇰population has access to a library; 60% of population under 35. That is why
@pkBritish
library in Karachi is such an important space (& why I shamelessly took the opportunity to read
#PaddingtonBear
with these children)
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It’s been quite the journey - from plans on a paper, to building sites, and then launch. The libraries have had a good friend and ambassador in
@TomDrewUK
- the team will miss your enthusiasm and support!
@pkBritish
#PKLibraries
Opening the fabulous new British Council libraries in Lahore and Karachi was an early highlight. Oases of reading and culture (and coffee). Summer 2016. Paid a final visit this morning in Lahore.
@pkBritish
Leaving Pakistan 3
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The Punjab Minister for Higher Education and Tourism,
@RajaYassirPTI
visited the Lahore library today and shared his favourite book - Pride and Prejudice.
@pkBritish
#PKLibraries
#PakUKEducationGateway
@AliSociologist
@rosemaryhilh
@nishatriaz
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So thrilled to be hosting
@TEDxLahore
today from 15.00 - 20.00.
Stay tuned for highlights from our
#ShowingUp
for women event with seven inspiring women activists, politicians, creative leaders and performers!
#TEDxLahoreWomen
#PKLibraries
#16DaysofActivism
#HearMeToo
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It was an honour to have
@Shafqat_Mahmood
Federal Minister for Education & Professional Training, National History & Literary Heritage, at the British Council Library in Lahore last night.
@pkBritish
#PKLibraries
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“Child Protection is everybody's responsibility”. British Council library manager Varda, speaks at the Children’s Literature Festival panel, “Hamari Hifazat Kaun Karay Ga - Child Protection” with Juggan Kazim
@pkBritish
#CLFLahore
#CLFPakistan
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Wonderful weekend in Lahore, with the Lahore Literature Festival in full swing. Happy to be celebrating 10 years of partnership with the British Council. Literature has an enduring power to forge connections & understanding between people and cultures.
#LLF10
#LLF2023
@pkBritish
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“In a secular age, I suspect that reading fiction is one of the few remaining paths to transcendence, that elusive state in which the distance between the self and the universe shrinks.”
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“Since 2010, visits to Scotland’s public libraries – including online ones – have increased from 39.8 million to over 43 million, which is around a nine per cent increase and is more than SPFL football match attendance and cinema visits combined.”
Pamela Tulloch: 21st century libraries are more popular than football
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What a way to end day 1 of
#WOWKarachi
- with the iconic, incomparable Abida Parveen
@pkBritish
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A personal 2020 highlight: being given the opportunity to moderate the book launch of Romesh Gunesekera’s new book, Suncatcher at
#LLF
@pkBritish
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I spent an inspiring day in Kasur, where we have worked with the
#ILMPossible
Mohallah Committee and the Sudhaar Society to build two new classrooms in government schools. Without these classrooms, many of the children were being taught outdoors.
@pkBritish
@saadbjwa
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Sneak peek of new British Council library in Karachi. Getting ready for big launch next week.
@pkBritish
#KHILibrary
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A very productive meeting with
@DrMuradPTI
and the British Council, led by Country Director Amir Ramzan, on the future of our work with schools in the Punjab.
@pkBritish
@QAEDPK
Met with Country Director Mr Amir Ramzan &
@pkBritish
Counsel Team regarding various initiatives. The most important is the English language classes for our students. We will decide for the best program for our kids with them in March for 2020-21.
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The Study UK Exhibition in Lahore is off to a bustling start. We have 22 leading universities from the UK giving advice and insight about the latest opportunities in Higher Education in the UK.
@pkBritish
#StudyUK
#Pak
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“Culture and literature are two of the many things that bring Pakistan and the U.K together.” British High Commissioner,
@TomDrewUK
at the inauguration of
#LLF2019
@pkBritish
@ukinpakistan
@rosemaryhilh
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Very excited to be in conversation with the talented and lovely Sarvat Hasin tomorrow at the
#LLF2019
, for the launch of her book, You Can’t Go Home Again (highly recommended). Hope to see you there!
@rosemaryhilh
@pkBritish
#PKLibraries
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Today we hosted over 100 school children at the
@pkBritish
Lahore Library, for the
#CommonwealthBigLunch
After some fun creative workshops and a picnic in the garden, the children left with free library memberships.
@DFIDLahore
@ukinpakistan
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Started my day at Superior University, with a speech on the work the British Council is doing to help women and girls reach their full potential, and to contribute to the social and economic growth of Pakistan.
#InternationalWomenDay2019
@pkBritish
@my_superior
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Resident library Illustrator Musa Khan just drew my portrait. Pop by the library for a fun, free session and visit the
#DrawingWords
exhibition whilst you’re here!
@pkBritish
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Chairperson Tevta
@AliSalmanPTI
presents the winner of the Entrepreneurial Award to the hugely impressive Dr Fouzia Idrees from City University of London.
#UKAlumniAwards
@Victoryabro
@cityalumni
@pkBritish
@punjab_tevta
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Spent a wonderful weekend exploring the
#LahoreBiennale02
Event 1: “A Rich Tapestry” a collaboration of Pakistani & British artists - with Imran Qureshi, Ali Kazim, Ayesha Khalid, Osman Yousefzada, Farwa Moledina, Mahtab Hussain and Matthew Krishanu.
Highly recommend!
#LB02
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I was delighted to join filmmaker
@irushi10
for the screening and exhibition of the Animate Her series, featuring a group of exceptional women living and working in
#SriLanka
. Part of the
#britishcouncil
#CreatingHeroines
programme
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Delighted that
@pkBritish
is supporting so many diverse and exciting writers at
#LLF2023
- Nadifa Mohamed
@thesailorsgirl
#BookerPrize
winner 2021 Damon Galgut, Diana Darke
@dianadarke
and 2021 Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah.
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A pleasure to meet
@MNARomina
, Minister of State and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister. We discussed next steps for the British Council’s youth research
#NextGenerationPakistan
& how to share the findings with Parliamentarians
Read it here
@pkBritish
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Last night I attended our annual
#AlumniUK
networking reception in ISB. Our goal is to empower our alumni, to equip them with the skills & networks necessary to shape a better future
#AlumniUK
#BritishCouncilPakistan
#UKAlumni
#NetworkingReception
#IslamabadEvent
#Collaboration
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Spent ten minutes, David Attenborough style, trying to capture these shy kittens in the Lahore library gardens.
#PKLibraries
@pkBritish
#kittens
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Privileged to join the annual
#AawazII
Learning &Development Forum - recognising the contributions of community leaders & youth to address gender-based violence and discrimination. Powerful examples across districts of Punjab and KP
@ukinpakistan
#16DaysofActivism
#Happeningnow
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With the wonderful
@irtezaubaid
before we kick off
#TEDxLahoreWomen
at the Lahore library for the second year. Very proud to be working with this amazing team again.
#PKLibraries
#TEDxLahore
@pkBritish
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“Obligatory Solar Eclipse Shots” (which, I didn’t realise were a result of the eclipse until I logged onto twitter...)
#SolarEclipse2020
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Beautiful, moving and poignant, the
#HOME1947
installation at Dolman mall is a must-see.
In Karachi until mid-January, and thoroughly recommended.
@SOCFilms
@pkBritish
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I wish I had time to read Jonathan Franzen's Purity. Despite the backlash, I'm a fan.
#WhatBritishMuslimsReallyThink
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More terrified than excited, but what a privilege to be part of such a diverse and impressive line-up of speakers.
@TEDxLahore
Excited yet stressed to be curating the next edition of
@TEDxLahore
in a week's time. It's going to be 10 years celebration of
@TEDx
and
#TEDxLahore
with our amazing line up of speakers sharing their vision of "Imagined Futures"
Need some luck, and lots of prayers and wishes !
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I spoke to the
@TimesOnlineLK
about myself, the work we do at the British Council and, of course, the libraries!
@lkBritish
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Proud that
@pkBritish
will be sponsoring S5 of
#ConversationswithKanwal
with the always amazing
@kanwalful
Link to the season 5 trailer below.
#IWD2023
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Director Society, Sadia Rehman, kicks off a panel discussion on youth engagement in policymaking
#FutureLeadersConnect
@pkBritish
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Honoured to be part of an in depth discussion with His Excellency President
@GotabayaR
today, on
#COP26
and to present our Youth Perception Survey. Through
#TheClimateConnection
we amplify the voices of young people to address climate change.
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A privilege to share a (virtual) room with women trailblazers at the closing of S5
#ConversationswithKanwal
We discussed the moving &inspirational stories, and debated the challenges & opportunities women face in an increasingly tech-led world.
@pkBritish
@tehminasad
@samarowais
Yesterday we had the closing ceremony for our amazing partnership on
#ConversationswithKanwal
Season 5.
Thank you
@kanwalful
for highlighting stories from
#Pakistani
women who have transcended barriers.
We are enabling
#HerAwazHumAwaz
for millions of women across 🇵🇰
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Prepping for
#TEDxLahoreWomen
which is about to kick off in half an hour, with MC
@gigglypundit
#PKLibraries
@pkBritish
#16DaysofActivism
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The Governor of Punjab
@MBalighurRehman
joined us in Lahore this weekend to celebrate the achievements of our amazing UK Alumni.
The
#UKAlumniAwards
have 3 categories: Culture and Creativity, Business and Innovation, and Science and Sustainability
@StudyUKBritish
#StudyUK
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Storytellings, reading corners, draw-your-own-female-superhero workshops - there was a lot going on at the pop up library at
#WOWKarachi
today. You can still visit tomorrow if you missed out.
#PKLibraries
@pkBritish
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Surely two literary greats -
@moni_butterfly
interviewing the
#BookerPrize
winner
@ShehanKaru
at
#LLF2023
A fangirl moment for me - “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida” is the most ferocious and powerful read of my recent memory.
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It’s World Book Day, so here are SOME of my favourite books. All available at the libraries, of course.
#WorldBookDay
#WorldBookDay2018
@pkBritish
#PKLibraries
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Packed house for
@TariqAQaiser
who calls for the urgent preservation of Karachi’s precious mangroves. There is hope for regeneration. Mangroves are the lungs of tree starved Karachi, providing protection from tsunamis, rising sea levels & mitigation from climate change.
#LLF2023
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Delighted the Hon. Minister
@TharakaBalasur1
will be joining our Youth And Climate Action virtual conference this week, to give the keynote speech.
In collaboration with
@UNDPSriLanka
There’s still time to take part:
#COP26Glasgow
#TheClimateConnection
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It feels like another century 😢
Here’s to festivals, libraries and literature - and friends!
Lots of love from Lahore x
@rosemaryhilh
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These young people have just received digital library membership, through which they have access to a world of knowledge, entertainment and culture.
#PKLibraries
@pkBritish
@MilleniumRoots
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#UKAlumniAwards
kick off with an opening speech from Country Director
@rosemaryhilh
"International students make university campuses feel truly global"
@pkBritish
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We are closing
#TEDxLahoreWomen
with the wife-husband duo of singing poets,
#LaqeerKeFaqeer
@pkBritish
#PKLibraries
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No better way to spend a Saturday morning than watching a panel of amazing women inspire a young audience to aim high, follow their passion & never give up.
#STEMinistsPK
@pkBritish
#PkLibraries
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Brilliant night at the theatre - went to
@PNCAOfficial
to watch “Both sit in silence for a while” with Ali Junejo and
@rasti_farooq
. Totally immersive, wonderful performances by the two leads, and great set design. 🙏🏽
@EUPakistan
@OLOMOPOLO
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I’m sticking with you - hanging out with this little fella on Trail 5 was (almost) worth the 40 degree hike in
#Islamabad
.
#woodyoubelieveit
#branchingout
@SirDavidBBC
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14,000 women a year die due to childbirth in Pakistan. That’s one every 37 minutes. The work Mehreen does addressing its leading cause - postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is utterly inspiring.
#TedxWomenLahore
#PkLibraries
#16daysofactivism
Mehreen Shahid in conversation with
@MaaryaR
on how we can change individual and collective mindsets to make childbirth a less dangerous experience for women
@TEDxLahore
#TEDxLahoreWomen
#showingup
#PKLibraries
#16DaysOfActivism
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#TheClimateConnection
Dr Maryam Rab discusses some regional similarities in our South Asia Youth Perception Survey: 1) Young people from all 4 countries identified systemic barriers to their meaningful contribution to climate action - particularly YP from marginalised communities
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Happening now at
#LLF2019
British Council Country Director
@rosemaryhilh
leading the discussion with 4 amazing women panellists “Past Categorisation”
@BhopalHouse
@pkBritish
@ukinpakistan
@BloomsburyBooks
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#HappeningNow
at Karachi library:
@BinaShah
in conversation with award winning writer Aamir Hussein, whose latest book has the beautiful title "Love and its Seasons."
@pkBritish
@desi_writers
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Huge congratulations to
@kamilashamsie
- we will be discussing
#HomeFire
at our reading group tomorrow!
@ruthgraham1
#WomensPrize
*Drumroll please* We’re thrilled to announce that the 2018
#WomensPrize
winner is Kamila Shamsie with Home Fire 🎉
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Very excited to launch the British Council's Legacy Book collection at
#HeritageNow
Join us at
#HeritageNow
for an exhibition of historic books & manuscripts celebrating 70 years of literary & cultural legacy of
#Pakistan
.
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These days, I don’t get many chances to help people find new books to read. I forgot how it’s one of the best (and most nerve wracking!) parts of my job.
Here’s hoping Umair enjoys The Handmaid’s Tale, and A Visit to the Goon Squad.
#PKLibraries
#AskALibrarian
@pkBritish
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The All-Pakistan Women Universities Consortium held its first major conference today, in partnership with
@hecpkofficial
and
@pkBritish
Gender equality in Higher Education begins with more women leaders in the sector as powerful agents of change
@FJWU_official
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Dress rehearsal in progress for A Scandal in Bohemia at the British Council Karachi Library!
(Still time to buy a ticket)
#pklibraries
#pklibrary
#sherlock
#theater
#cityfm89
#strutsandfrets
@StrutsTheatre
@CityFM89
@pkBritish
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Noreen From
@ChughtaiLab
delivers an excellent and sobering Smog Awareness session at the Lahore Library.
Would encourage other institutions and organisations to run these:awareness around smog, its health implications, causes, and preventative measures is really low.
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I’m just going to go ahead and say it: Ron and Hermione. I never got this. She’s the smartest person in the room, he’s a plank of wood.
#ValentinesDay
🗑
Who are the fictional baes who did not deserve to be? Tell us their names, which book/film/TV show they feature in and your reason why by midnight today!
#pklibraries
#stillabetterlovestorythantwilight
#ValentinesDay
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The library book display this month (theme: “Life Hacks”) is pretty awesome.
@pkBritish
#PKLibraries
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I've been challenged by
@ayubkhan786
and
@rosemaryhilh
Day 1 of 7 days, 7 black & white photos. No humans, no explanations. Challenge someone new every day. Today I challenge
@shahkatak
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This week we celebrated the 55 students in
#SriLanka
who took part in the
#CamaraChica
film-making project, designed to empower young people to tell visual stories about their lives
@BritishArts
@intofilm_edu
Watch their films and documentaries here:
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Incredibly proud the British Council, in partnership with the WOW (Women of the World) Foundation, is bringing this festival to Karachi for the 3rd time.
WOW is for everyone: bringing together people from all walks of life to provide the inspiration & tools for positive change.
V humbled to share a platform with such inspirational women - please do try to make it to
@WOWisGlobal
#WOWKarachi
this weekend - lots of events on for all ages & interests -
#genderequality
#womensupportingwomen
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@Benazir_Shah
This is extremely disturbing. I’m so sorry you have to experience this. I value your journalism and follow your account for its clear reporting on important issues - stay strong.
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Karachi library hosting a spirited debate on the modern relevance of Shakespeare
#ShakespeareLives
@pkBritish
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A packed house for
@mohsin_hamid
in London, discussing the “optimistically apocalyptic” Exit West, Lahore, burkas and the migratory nature of books and life, with
@AlexClark3
@LRBbookshop
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Tiny Tales at the Lahore Library, Reading “Guess How Much I Love You” to a very excited audience.
#PKLibraries
#storytelling
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Jimmy Kahn thinks you should visit the British Council's libraries... and I agree!
@pkBritish
@itsjimmykhan
#PKlibraries
#BookaTour
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Since 2009
@pkBritish
have taken the pulse of youth in Pakistan through
#NextGenPakistan
research report based on extensive surveys.
Today, we launched our latest report. It covers youth views on
#education
,
#employment
and
#climatechange
. Read it here:
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The Great Big Harry Potter quiz takes off in Lahore, and the first round ends in a dead heat.
#HarryPotter20
#PkLibraries
@pkBritish
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Music in the stacks - Karachi library closes its month of music with a sweet jam session in the library
#KhiLib
#PKLibraries
🎼🎹🎤🎧🎷
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Watching artist Sarah Mumtaz perform her live installation “The not very lucid world of mine” challenging unrealistic societal expectations around beauty / external and internal expectations.
#WOWKarachi
@pkBritish
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Wow, if you’re a woman making jokes in the office, you’re showing poor judgement and trying to cover up your lack of business acumen. If you’re a man doing the same? You’re witty and approachable.
Women may actually be harming their presentation outcomes by making jokes.
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This is legit very cool.
Google Chrome's new Library Extension lets you know when searching Amazon if a book is in your local library
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The Minister for Schools and Education,
@DrMuradPTI
delivers a moving speech on the value and importance of teachers and their continuing professional development.
@pkBritish
#DigitalPakistan
#PEELI
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You will be missed, Ruth. I can’t think of many people who have embraced this city with as much love and joy as you did.
I’m leaving Lahore after 2 of the most transformational years of my life. I’ve learnt more than in any job previously, travelled more, read more... & fallen completely in love with Pakistan, from her architecture to her ludicrously talented, inspiring people. Thank you Pakistan
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Celebrating Roald Dahl's splendiferous birthday at Karachi Library with
@Necosnaturals
What's your favourite Dahl?
#KhiLibrary
@pkBritish
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