KARACHI: Mayor Karachi Wasim Akhtar has said that women are half of our population, country cannot progress without taking them into the journey of development. “We have to change our thinking and whole society has to stand against those powerful ones who abused women. The world is now raising voice on animal rights and in […]
HYDERABAD: More than 45 scientists and academicians from all around Pakistan and regional countries attended a two-week workshop jointly organised by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Italy (which works under the umbrella of Unesco/IAEA) and the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology. Titled “Asian Regional School”, the workshop was held on […]
KARACHI: Emil Wyss, Consul-General of Switzerland, inaugurated a training programme on capacity-building of journalists at the office of Karachi Union of Journalists. The programme on “Sustainable development and role of media” was organised by the Council for Participatory Development. Speaking on the occasion, Wyss stressed sustainable development and the role of the media and said […]
LAHORE: With a view to sensitise Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) and DDMAs on ‘Disaster Risk Reduction’ for better preparedness of the unforeseen natural catastrophes in future, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with CIDA – Pakistan arranged a two-day workshop on “Disaster Risk Management – Mainstreaming DRR into Development” in Lahore. Chairman NDMA […]
PESHAWAR – Radio can play a tremendous role in the mass awareness in the rural areas and the radio activities are required to be enhanced in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) though keeping in view the cultural and traditional values of the region. This was agreed upon in a one-day consultative stakeholder’s workshop to […]
By: Aroosa Shaukat LAHORE: “Imagine living in a country where state does not provide security to your family or property, where you’re asked to renounce your faith and women in your family are kidnapped. I live through this every day,” Manoj Kumar, a university student, attending a five-day workshop organised by the Youth Parliament of […]
KARACHI: A three-day training workshop on ‘Reporting Gender and Labour Issues’ was organised by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The workshop was aimed at creating awareness regarding gender and labour issues, and soliciting media’s feed back on how to promote gender sensitive reporting. The event was […]
KARACHI: An NGO working on reproductive health and family planning held a half-day workshop with health reporters from 10 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The Marie Stopes Society (MSS) organised the event to raise the profile of reporting on reproductive and maternal health in a bid to decrease the rate of maternal mortality on district […]
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