LAHORE: Plan International, a child’s rights organisation, on Saturday welcomed the United Nations’ resolution for ending child marriages. According to a press release, the organisation termed the resolution “a historic step” to protect the basic rights of millions of girls. ...
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By: Masood Haider UNITED NATIONS: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai has announced that she is donating $50,000 to rebuild an UNRWA school (in Israeli-occupied Gaza) damaged during the recent fighting, a spokesperson for the organisation said in a statement ...
Read More »Nobel laureate Malala wins World’s Children’s Prize
STOCKHOLM: Girl’s rights champion Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate in history, was awarded the World’s Children’s Prize on Tuesday, after a global vote involving millions of children. Malala, 17, was shot in the head in 2012 by ...
Read More »Altaf condemns bomb blast at girls school
Karachi: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has strongly condemned bomb attack on a private girls school at Tehsil Shabqadr in Charsada. In a statement issued from London Secretariat on Wednesday, he expressed deep sorrow over the death of ...
Read More »Girls get top positions in humanities group exam
KARACHI: “ I’m satisfied with the current examination system as it is more transparent. Still there is room for improvement in the course and syllabus,” said Ashna Aslam of Federal Government Girls Inter College, who stood first with 918 out ...
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