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February 20, 2025

The Pakistan Daily

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Uraan Pakistan fosters inclusion through equality, ethics: PM Shehbaz

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif says ‘Uraan Pakistan’ program focuses on equality and ethics to foster an inclusive society. In his message on the occasion of International Day for Social Justice today, he said the Government has launched a digital platform encompassing an integrated social welfare system to enable persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups to promptly access tailored support services. The Prime Minister said many programs have been launched to protect rights of citizens striving to eliminate the biases and prejudices that impede progress. Shehbaz Sharif said the day called for action to address key issues such as

February 15, 2025

Nudrat Shafique

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USAID Closure: A Devastating Setback for Women’s Empowerment

When the U.S. president ordered the United States Agency for International Development to shut down, it had multiple impacts. Thousands were made unemployed, and a number of linked development projects were shut down as well. According to USAID Archives, data released online from June 2012 to September 2017 shows that 62 million girls worldwide are not in school. USAID was Investing $231.6 million in new programs that support primary and secondary education for girls. That has made significant progress in Guatemala, where every 7-12 year old is enrolled in primary school. Establishing 5,000 community-based classes in Afghanistan to provide education

January 13, 2025

The Pakistan Daily

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Taliban do not consider women as human beings, says Malala Yousafzai

ISLAMABAD: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has severely criticized the Afghan Taliban, saying that they do not consider women as human beings and have deprived them of the right to education for a decade. Speaking at a two-day conference on girls’ education entitled opportunities and challenges in Muslim societies, she thanked the Muslim World League for bringing them together. She said that 120 million girls in the world could not go to school, and of them, 10 million girls are in Pakistan. Malala Yousafzai strongly criticized the ongoing aggression of the Zionist state in Palestine and said that Israel destroyed the

January 13, 2025

The Pakistan Daily

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Secretaries General of OIC, MWL laud Pakistan for hosting Girls’ Education Conference

The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Hissein Brahim Taha and Secretary General of Muslim World League Sheikh Dr Muhammad Bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa have lauded Pakistan for hosting of the International Conference on Girls’ Education in Muslim Communities. The dignitaries expressed these views as they wrapped up their visit to Islamabad after participating in the event that gathered over 150 representatives from 44 Muslim and friendly countries. They expressed confidence that the step would galvanize concerted efforts to improve quality education and women empowerment in the Muslim World.

January 9, 2025

The Pakistan Daily

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Provision of health, education facilities govt’s top priority: PM

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said provision of basic health and education facilities to every citizen of Pakistan is the foremost priority of the government. He was addressing a launching ceremony of the Aga Khan University Manual of Clinical Practice Guidelines as chief guest in Karachi. The Prime Minister said during his tenure as the Chief Minister of Punjab, he established institutions of international standard like the PKLI and burn centres for the treatment of deadly diseases. He said numerous valuable institutions like SIUT are also serving the public in Sindh. Shehbaz Sharif said soon after taking oath of the