Komal Ali Shah is an MPhil student of Strategic Studies at National Defence University (NDU) who has been selected as the first Pakistani student for the anti-Nuclear Academy. She is about twenty-five-year-old has been chosen as the first Pakistani to attend the Hiroshima-ICAN Academy on Nuclear Weapons and Global Security in 2021.
This program was started in 2019 and took place every year. This Komal Ali Shah secured a position among 41 participants to represent Pakistan. International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapon (ICAN) is a multi-stakeholder campaign run globally which aims to organize civil society to work out the elimination of nuclear weapons.
Komal Ali Shah says that: “From an educational standpoint, I would enhance the discussion by encouraging nuclear disarmament efforts.” She’d also be looking into the environmental risks associated with nuclear weapons testing.
Komal is of the opinion that when it comes to nuclear policies, the humanitarian aspect is frequently overlooked. ICAN’s Nuclear Weapons and Global Security program cultivates global leaders who advocate for nuclear disarmament and can contribute concretely to a more peaceful world. More power to you girl and be the ambassador of civil society.
