{"id":14834,"date":"2025-12-01T17:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/01\/sharp-boosts-youth-engagement-karachi-university\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T17:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:00:16","slug":"sharp-boosts-youth-engagement-karachi-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/01\/sharp-boosts-youth-engagement-karachi-university\/","title":{"rendered":"SHARP Boosts Youth Engagement at Karachi University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Advocate Qurat-ul-Ain<\/strong>, Incharge RDC Karachi, visited the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Karachi and held discussions with <strong>Prof. Dr. Shagufta Ishtiyaque<\/strong>, the department chairperson, to strengthen ties between SHARP and the academic community. The meeting focused on practical steps to involve students in community awareness and resilience work while forging stronger institutional links.<\/p>\n<p>Both leaders reviewed SHARP\u2019s mandate and current projects, highlighting an expanding emphasis on climate resilience and public awareness. The conversation underscored how academic collaboration can amplify SHARP\u2019s outreach and support evidence-based community initiatives across Karachi. The focus on youth engagement was central to planning sustained, locally relevant activities.<\/p>\n<p>Advocate Qurat-ul-Ain spoke directly with female students about SHARP\u2019s Youth Awareness Sessions, which cover empowerment, personal safety and academic development. Students were encouraged to take leadership roles in peer learning and community campaigns, reflecting SHARP\u2019s model of empowering young people to become informed advocates within their neighbourhoods and universities.<\/p>\n<p>The visit reinforced commitment to stronger academic linkages, youth-focused programmes and meaningful community engagement, and set the stage for joint awareness activities and youth-led environmental initiatives. By combining university expertise with SHARP\u2019s outreach, stakeholders aim to build a more informed and climate-resilient society in Karachi and beyond, with youth engagement driving local solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advocate Qurat-ul-Ain visits University of Karachi to advance youth engagement, climate resilience and academic collaboration through SHARP initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}