ISLAMABAD: Convener of the Parliamentary Task Force on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and MNA Shaista Pervaiz Malik visited Islamabad College for Boys (ICB), G-6/3, on Wednesday in connection with the ‘Hum Hain Pakistan’ SDG Youth Campaign.
She was accompanied by founding director and CEO of the International Governance and Sustainability Institute (IG-SI) and a proud alumnus of ICB and former inspector general of Islamabad police Dr Sultan Azam Temuri.
Dr Yaseen Aafaqui welcomed the distinguished guests on behalf of the college. Syed Nadeem Ahsan, focal person for the SDGs Programme at ICB, briefed them on the SDG activities and initiatives under way at the college during the campaign’s first phase.
So far, 1,114 students have registered and completed the SDG Pre-Assessment Test, and 30 SDG awareness sessions, lectures and seminars have been held. In September, the college marked International Literacy Day and theInternational Day of Peace, and student groups have been formed to carry out SDG Quick Impact Projects (QIPs).
After the briefing, the guests toured the college, including its classrooms, library and podcast studio, before moving to the historic Old Hall to meet the students taking part in the campaign.
Addressing the students in the Old Hall, Ms Malik praised them for their active participation in the campaign and their commitment to learning about and promoting the SDGs.
She also acknowledged ICB’s efforts to raise awareness and engage young pe ople in the SDG initiative, and commended the college for its strong showing in the campaign’s first phase. She highlighted the central role of young people in achieving the SDGs in Pakistan and urged every student to reflect on their own contribution to the national development agenda.
Calling ‘Awareness and Action’ the hallmark of the ‘Hum Hain Pakistan’ campaign, she encouraged students and young people across the country to embrace it, and to adopt a mindset of asking what they can do for Pakistan.