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MHRC Reform Dialogue: Enforcement for Sale? Irrigation Reform and Lobbying for Water in Pakistan’s Indus Basin
2020-04-09On February 28, 2020, the Mahbub ul Haq Research Centre (MHRC) at LUMS organized a lecture as part of its Distinguished Lecture Series with Dr Ghazala Mansuri, titled ‘Enforcement for Sale? Irrigation Reform and Lobbying for Water in Pakistan’s... -
Imagination as Resistance
2020-03-31On Wednesday, February 12, the Gurmani Centre held a talk titled “Imagination as Resistance''. The guest for the day was Adania Shibli, a Palestinian writer who has authored accredited works of fiction and nonfiction and teaches at Birzeit... -
HSS Seminar Series: A talk by Prof. Javed Majeed
2020-03-31On Wednesday, February 12, the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at MGSHSS held a talk titled "Convinced about knowing little': the paradoxes of colonial knowledge in the Linguistic Survey of India 1903-1928". The guest for the day was... -
Halqa-e-Danish Spring 2020: Shāʻirī ke Safeer—Afzal Ahmed Syed in Conversation with Moeen Nizami
2020-03-31On February 19, 2020, the Gurmani Centre held the first session of its Halqa-e-Danish series for Spring 2020, titled Shāʻirī ke Safeer. The series aims to generate a discussion around the craft of literary translation and the unique challenges faced... -
Kulliyat-e Faiz: Reflections from the Present
2020-03-31On February 24, 2020 the Gurmani Centre held a discussion on contemporary Faiz scholarship, to commemorate the launch of the new critical edition of Kulliyāt-e-Faiz by Syed Nomanul Haq. The discussion was led by Dr. Nomanul Haq, the editor of the... -
MHRC Reform Dialogue: Financing Inclusive and Sustainable Development in Pakistani Cities
2020-02-13On January 31, 2020, the Mahbub ul Haq Research Centre (MHRC) at LUMS organized its first Mahbub ul Haq Reform Dialogue with Professor Ehtisham Ahmad on ‘Financing Inclusive and Sustainable Development in Pakistani Cities’. Professor Ahmad is a...