The cabinet of CSWA met Vice Chancellor of Urdu University, Mr. Zafar Iqbal. The cabinet was led by the president of CSWA Mr. Fahim Sirung and comprised other youth leaders from Chitral, says a press release. The aim of the meeting was to congratulate the newly appointed vice chancellor and to introduce CSWA to his
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By Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD: In a glaring example of bigotry and scant regard to the law, a married young woman from Gohkir village was married off to another man in Durngah, a nearby village, without getting a divorce from her legal husband. This was done on the advice and pressure of a local cleric, the
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By Ali Jibran Sadruddin The constitution of the Islamic state of Pakistan states that: “The state of Pakistan shall remove illiteracy and provide free and compulsory secondary education within minimum possible period”. Yet in the Human Development report, Pakistan is ranked at 136th position of having a literacy rate of 49.9% which shows that a
China has included the Rs20bn Gilgit-Chitral road in the CPEC project. An official close to the matter revealed that the decision was taken at the fifth meeting of the CPEC Joint Working Group of Transport Infrastructure held in Karachi on Saturday. The meeting was attended by Communication Minister Dr Hafiz Abdul Kareem, Communication Secretary Muhammad
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It is widely recognised that climate change effects take the heaviest toll on the vulnerable and the poor. These impacts are exacerbated if the affected person is a woman. A recent study by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) sheds light on the disproportionate levels of adversities women and girls face due to
