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Academia urged to equip youth with modern skills
Islamabad
January 14, 2021
Islamabad : Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Wednesday urged the academia to educate and equip the youth with the skills that new emerging fields demand.
He was speaking during a special ceremony organised by the QAU Office of Research Innovation and Commercialisation in collaboration with the Sustainable Social Development Organisation (SSDO) to inaugurate the Sustainable Development Goals Wall at the university here.
Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ali and SSDO Executive Director Syed Kausar Abbas were also in attendance.
The minister said in developed countries, universities had changed the landscape of the society by research and innovation.
SSDO elected to hold Child Rights Moment Secretariat next year
Islamabad
December 27, 2020
Islamabad : The Sustainable Social Development Organisation (SSDO) is elected unopposed by all member child rights organisations to hold the Child Rights Movement (CRM) Secretariat for 2021.
The CRM is a network of all the NGOs working on the children s rights and their protection said its Executive Director Syed Kausar Abbas while commenting over the victory.
He said the organisation would work in collaboration with all the departments concerned
for the protection of child rights in the country, adding all-out efforts would be made in that regard.
The SSDO ED called upon all the governmental and non-governmental organisations including parliamentarians for playing an active role for the purpose.