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May 1, 2021
PESHAWAR: The speakers at an event on Friday called for meaningful space and a conducive environment for the civil society organizations (CSOs) to strengthen their collaborative role in the achievement of the global agenda of development.
They were speaking at a National Conference arranged by Blue Veins, civil society organisation, to discuss the impact of Covid-19 and a restrictive environment towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals with a special focus on SDG 5 which is about gender equality.
They discussed the key findings and recommendations of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association and the importance of using this work.
TCF webinar shares education response during the pandemic Filed on April 24, 2021 | Last updated on April 25, 2021 at 09.33 am
The Citizens Foundation (TCF), a Pakistani non-profit organisation educating the less-privileged, held its first webinar to thank its well-wishers in the UAE and to update them on the foundation s progress.
TCF is operating 1,652 school units in urban slums and rural areas across more than 700 communities in Pakistan where children were previously out-of-school. TCF has an enrolment of 266,000 deserving students, nearly half of whom are girls. The foundation is the largest private employer of women in Pakistan with more than 12,500 teachers and principals. The Economist magazine has called TCF perhaps the largest network of independently run schools in the world.
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The Pakistani Government and the religious fundamentalist Tehreek-e-Labaik Party (TLP) have agreed to place the issue of expelling the French Ambassador before the Parliament. The TLP is a far-Right extremist group which wants strict enforcement of the blasphemy laws in Pakistan which are often used to target Ahmadis, Hindus, Sikhs, Christians and so on. In 2017, the TLP launched an agitation which brought the whole of Pakistan to a standstill over a proposed change in an election law, which it said was against the concept of “khatme nabuwat (finality of Prophethood).” Now, the TLP has demanded the expulsion of the French Ambassador and nixing all trade ties with France, as cartoons of the Prophet had been shown there and President Macron had said this was part of the freedom of speech guaranteed by the French law. I think any MP in Pakistan who will plead against expulsion of the French Ambassador in the debate will be placing his life at
Three Pakistanis make it to Forbes
Abdullah Siddiqui, Misha Japanwala and Hannia Zia have been mentioned in the publication s Asia s 30 Under 30 list
Abdullah Siddiqui is the latest Pakistani to have made it to the Forbes 30 under 30 list. The young musician, who has produced three albums so far, has been lauded by fans and peers over the honour. Siddiqui took to Instagram and shared the news in a post. Forbes 30 Under 30. I’m completely stunned and so incredibly grateful, the Resistance singer penned, adding, To everyone who helped me get here, thank you.
The publication said of the singer, Siddiqui began producing English-language electronic music at the age of 11 and started releasing it as an independent artist when he was 16.
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