KOLKATA - Participants from South Asian countries will deliberate on how to secure the rights of physically challenged women in mainstream society at a round table in Kolkata Tuesday.
“Representatives from South Asian nations - Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives - will participate in the round table discussion. They will share their experiences [...]
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The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has verified as many as 2,241,434 application forms of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) enabling the government to distribute an amount of Rs26.10 million among the poor and deserving segment of the society.
The Authority received a total 3,262,730 form referred by Parliamentarians, out of these some 2,241,434 applicants [...]
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Since the creation of Pakistan, all governments, which came into power, have ignored our community. There have been no schools, no vocational institutions and no respectable jobs for us. The only job we are offered is that of a doorman at a five-star hotel. Are we not respectable members of society? Where do we stand? [...]
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