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Samina Baig named as UNDP goodwill envoy
The first Pakistani woman to have climbed Mount Everest, Ms Baig will lead efforts to build national awareness and partnerships around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly those related to climate change, environmental protection, youth and women’s empowerment. Born in Gilgit-Baltistan, Ms Baig became the first Pakistani woman to climb Mount Everest at the age
CDLD programme extended to six more districts
He said the Community Driven Local Development (CDLD) programme had been launched in six most backward districts of Malakand division in collaboration with the European Union (EU) in 2014 to improve road infrastructure and municipal services that yielded positive results. Hence, he said, this programme was being extended to six more districts of the province: