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Hometown celebrates Nobel Prize for Malala

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MINGORA/KHAR: Celebrations of Malala Yousafzai winning the Nobel Peace Prize continued in the child education activist’s native district of Swat for the second day on Saturday. The Swat Qaumi Jirga organised a function and took out a rally in the district to celebrate Malala’s achievement. The function took place at Khpal Kor Model School, where […]


SAARC writers peace drive

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LAHORE: The writers of South Asian Peace Charter, led by Radha Kumar, director general of the Delhi Policy Group, visited on Monday the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) for interaction with women activists. The writers, drawn from all South Asian countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) have prepared a draft […]


’22 percent of women population contributing towards national development’

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Due to lethargic attitude of the government and absence of implementation of international labour laws in Pakistan, there is about 22 percent female workers of the total women population contributing in gross domestic production and this meagre percentage of female workers is also being forced to work in very pathetic environment. This was observed by […]