Islamabad Capital Territory is the only federal territory of Pakistan. Located between Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It includes the country's federal capital Islamabad. The territory is represented in the National Assembly constituencies NA-52, NA-53 and NA-54.
The National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) is a multi-campus public research university under administration of Pakistan Armed Forces with its main campus in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Futures studies, futures research, futurism or futurology is the systematic, interdisciplinary and holistic study of social and technological advancement, and other environmental trends, often for the purpose of exploring how people will live and work in the future. Predictive techniques, such as forecasting, can be applied, but contemporary futures studies scholars emphasize the importance of systematically exploring alternatives. In general, it can be considered as a branch of the social sciences and an extension to the field of history. Futures studies seeks to understand what is likely to continue and what could plausibly change. Part of the discipline thus seeks a systematic and pattern-based understanding of past and present, and to explore the possibility of future events and trends.
Strategic foresight is a planning-oriented discipline related to futures studies. In a business context, a more action-oriented approach has become well known as corporate foresight.
The Association of Professional Futurists (APF) was founded in 2002 to validate the competencies of emerging futurists. As analysts, speakers, managers or consultants, APF's credentialed members cultivate strategic foresight for their organizations and clients. APF represents the professional side of the futures movement, while groups such as the World Futures Studies Federation, the World Future Society or The Millennium Project, represent its academic, popular, and activists expressions, respectively.
Natasha Vita-More is a strategic designer, author, speaker and innovator within the scientific and technological framework of human enhancement and life extension. Her interests are located within the ethical uses of science and technology and socio-political implications of revolutionary advances impacting humanity's future.
The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) was established in 1967 as a non-profit organisation by the news agency Pakistan Press International and operated until 1974, when it had to suspend operations due to the political environment then prevailing in the country. It was reactivated in 1992 and has since been involved in assisting in the development of independent media in Pakistan by conducting training programmes for journalists, carrying out projects in research and documentation, and campaigning to defend and promote freedom of the press.
The College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering (CEME) is a constituent college of the National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan, located in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The campus is on the main Peshawar Road, near the M2 motorway terminal. The college is the main training institute for Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering officers and enlisted ranks.
International Futures (IFs) is a global integrated assessment model designed to help in thinking strategically and systematically about key global systems housed at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures. Initially created by Barry B. Hughes of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver in Colorado, the model is free for public use in both its online and downloadable forms.
Attash Durrani was a Pakistani linguist, researcher, critic and author, educationist and gemologist. He wrote more than 275 books and approximately 500 papers in Urdu and English, left impact on the disciplines of Language, Education and Computer Science or I.T., and received Tamgha-i-Imtiaz and Sitara-e-Imtiaz for his work of Urdu language and literature.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to futures studies:
Corporate foresight has been conceptualised as a set of practices, a set of capabilities and an ability of a firm. It enables firms to detect discontinuous change early, interpret its consequences for the firm, and inform future courses of action to ensure the long-term survival and success of the company.
Asma Shirazi is a Pakistani journalist and political commentator who hosts a primetime current-affairs show on Aaj News.
Arshad Sharif, is a Pakistani journalist, writer and a TV news anchorperson. He specializes in investigative journalism, and covered many political events in the country for the national and international news organizations, mainly for the United Kingdom. On 23 March 2019, he was awarded the Pride of Performance by the President of Pakistan for his contributions to journalism.
The Agahi Awards are an annual series of awards for journalism in Pakistan. They were inaugurated in 2012 and are Pakistan's first ever Journalism Awards. These awards are organized by Mishal Pakistan, which is a media consultancy firm, in collaboration with leading press clubs across the country, local and international media development bodies, regulatory authorities and the private sector.
Sohail Inayatullah is a Pakistani-born Australian academic, futures studies researcher and a professor at the Graduate Institute of Futures Studies at Tamkang University in Taipei, Taiwan.
Causal layered analysis (CLA) is a technique used in strategic planning and futurology to more effectively shape the future. The technique was pioneered by Sohail Inayatullah, a Pakistani-Australian futurology researcher.
Zia Ur Rehman is a Pakistani journalist, researcher and author, specialising on security issues, human rights, minorities, and politics.
Makhdoom Shahabuddin, is a Pakistani journalist, columnist and activist. He has worked as anchorperson for several news channels of Pakistan such as Hum News and PTV News. Shahabuddin received Agahi Award for his article about child pornography in Pakistan, in 2019. He writes columns for Pakistani daily newspapers, including Pakistan Observer, Daily Times and several other national publications.
The Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) is a federal government agency of Pakistan responsible for maintaining press, speech and expression freedom for newspapers, editors, journalists, and news websites and agencies in the country. It also prevents violation of ethical code to maintain an independent press ecosystem. The agency is tasked with preventing fake news and review any development in journalism ethics and standards with prime focus on code of ethics in media.
