QUETTA: The UNHCR Representative in Pakistan, Noriko Yoshida on Thursday inaugurated a skills development project for local and Afghan refugee women in Quetta. The project is aimed at improving their skills and income-generating capacity. It is pertinent to mention that ...
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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board (KPITB) here on Friday launched ‘Women Empowerment through Digital Skills’ to equip females of the province. The project aims at ensuring women’s inclusion in the digital economy under the KP Youth Employment Program (KPYEP) ...
Read More »Bilawal for implementing laws on women protection
ISLAMABAD- PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday said that Pakistan could not progress in true letter and spirit until implementation of laws relating to women protection was ensured. In a statement issued here in connection with the International Day ...
Read More »Baking cakes: a Karachi girl’s success story
LONDON: When Faryal Khan left Karachi with her husband for Muscat at the age of 21, she didn’t know anything about baking and had no interest of any kind in cooking and never entered the kitchen till her marriage at ...
Read More »Pre-empting violence against women on govt agenda: Buzdar
LAHORE: Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that making effective laws to pre-empt violence against women is part of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government agenda. In his message on the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, he ...
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