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Unesco country director laments the new trend of personalised attacks on media people, particularly women journalists.

Pakistan to host “World Environment Day 2021” in partnership with UN Environment Programme

Says access to saving accounts is first step towards broader financial inclusion Mr Khan also thanked Queen Máxima of the Netherlands for her support for the initiative of the Ehsaas Financial Inclusion Strategy when she visited Pakistan in November 2019 in her capacity as the UN secretary general’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development and Honorary Patron of the G20’s Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion. The prime minister also visited an Ehsaas Kafaalat payment site here for the launch of the Ehsaas Savings Wallets (Ehsaas Bachat Accounts). On the site, the pr...

Dutch envoy advocates equal rights for women National ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of the Netherlands Wouter Plomp has advocated equal rights for women and girls. “The Netherlands recognises the role and contribution of women all over the world and stands for promoting equal rights for women and girls,” the envoy said in an International Women’s Day message. The day will be marked worldwide today (March 8) to acknowledge the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women with the theme ‘Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.’ The Dutch ambassa...

Clockwise from top left: Nur Nasreen Ibrahim, Eman Omar, Michele Hutchison, Joanna McCalmont and Marieke Lucas Rijneveld This year’s Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) provided space for many book launches and conversations with an array of authors from different parts of the world. From architectural influences derived from the Islamic world, to the historical significance of horses in the Subcontinent, audiences were spoiled for choice with the variety of topics discussed. Marina Wheeler was one such writer who paid homage to her roots in the launch of her book, Lost Homestead: My Mother, Par...