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SWAT: There was a time when militants in Swat district restricted women to their houses and banned them from formal education. However, after the security forces eliminated militancy, many local women chose various career paths in line with their skills ...

KARACHI: Fiza Farhan from Pakistan has been named as member of the first ever high-level panel of the UN secretary-general on women’s economic empowerment. Fiza Farhan is Chief Executive Officer of Buksh Foundation and Director of Buksh Energy Pvt Ltd. ...

Provincial Minister for Women Development Hameeda Waheed uddin has said that government is implementing a comprehensive programme for the economic empowerment of women. She was addressing a function in connection with free distribution of 204 cattle among rural women under ...

LAHORE – Australian High Commissioner in Pakistan, Peter Heyward on Monday said that his country’s aid program to Pakistan was aimed at promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment. “Women’s empowerment is one of the most effective methods for promoting economic ...

LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the targets of development cannot be achieved without bringing women, who constitute a major portion of country’s population, into national mainstream. He said that Pakistani women are very talented and playing an ...