CHEEN SE BARTANIA TAK: Travelogue authored by youth leader published by LEAD-IPS
IPS under its Leadership, Excellence and Development Program (LEAD-IPS) has published a brilliantly written travelogue CHEEN SE BARTANIA TAK, which is authored by a young change activist, author and social worker Hanan Ali Abbasi. He is a recipient of the Commonwealth Youth Award for Excellence in Development Work in 2013 and also Pakistan’s National Youth Award in 2010 – in the area of youth leadership, literature, and media.
IPS under its Leadership, Excellence and Development Program (LEAD-IPS) has published a brilliantly written travelogue CHEEN SE BARTANIA TAK, which is authored by a young change activist, author and social worker Hanan Ali Abbasi. He is a recipient of the Commonwealth Youth Award for Excellence in Development Work in 2013 and also Pakistan’s National Youth Award in 2010 – in the area of youth leadership, literature, and media.
IPS under its Leadership, Excellence and Development Program (LEAD-IPS) has published a brilliantly written travelogue CHEEN SE BARTANIA TAK, which is authored by a young change activist, author and social worker Hanan Ali Abbasi. He is a recipient of the Commonwealth Youth Award for Excellence in Development Work in 2013 and also Pakistan’s National Youth Award in 2010 – in the area of youth leadership, literature, and media.
The book cover and prelim pages of the travelogue include introductions to the author and his work by eminent national figures like nuclear scientist and national hero, Dr Abdul Qadir Khan, eminent poet Iftikhar Arif, former senator and secretary-general foreign affairs, Akram Zaki, Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, DG-IPS Khalid Rahman, Bridagier (retd) Iqbal Shafi (SI), Guinness Book of World Record holder Pakistani student, Ali Moeen Nawazish.
Hanan has hosted more than 500 live programmes at Radio Pakistan, Islamabad. He has traveled as a youth ambassador of Pakistan to countries like United Kingdom, China, Hong Kong and Iran as a state guest where he closely watched their governmental and administrative structures. He also participated in above 100 live TV shows at Voice of America – Urdu service, Geo, PTV, ARY, BBC, Saama TV and others. Moreover, he wrote a drama series “Kali Andhi” portraying the life and struggle story of Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary. Currently, he is the President of symbolic parliament of Pakistani future leaders – National Youth Assembly.
The book is priced at Rs350 and is available at IPS Bookshop.