PESHAWAR, July 17: The women should equip themselves with vocational skills to be able to earn livelihoods for their families, said Nabila Farman, the director of Women Business Development Centre, here the other day.

Speaking to the vocational students and trainers from Nowshera, she appreciated Prime Foundation for setting up vocational training centre for the flood-hit women of the district. She said that the measure would go a long way to provide economic liberty to women.The visit of the women was facilitated by Prime Foundation, which in collaboration with International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF) had launched vocational centre in Nowshera to impart skills to women widowed or orphaned during last year’s flood.—Bureau Report

Opinion

Editorial

Digital growth
Updated 25 Apr, 2024

Digital growth

Democratising digital development will catalyse a rapid, if not immediate, improvement in human development indicators for the underserved segments of the Pakistani citizenry.
Nikah rights
25 Apr, 2024

Nikah rights

THE Supreme Court recently delivered a judgement championing the rights of women within a marriage. The ruling...
Campus crackdowns
25 Apr, 2024

Campus crackdowns

WHILE most Western governments have either been gladly facilitating Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, or meekly...
Ties with Tehran
Updated 24 Apr, 2024

Ties with Tehran

Tomorrow, if ties between Washington and Beijing nosedive, and the US asks Pakistan to reconsider CPEC, will we comply?
Working together
24 Apr, 2024

Working together

PAKISTAN’S democracy seems adrift, and no one understands this better than our politicians. The system has gone...
Farmers’ anxiety
24 Apr, 2024

Farmers’ anxiety

WHEAT prices in Punjab have plummeted far below the minimum support price owing to a bumper harvest, reckless...