National
February 3, 2021
LAHORE: Special Assistant to Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, stressed the need to engage educated women in Pakistanâs economic development.
Speaking at the first international conference on social work âContemporary Social Work Education & Practices: Challenges & Prospectsâ organised by Punjab University Department of Social Work here Tuesday, Dr Firdous Ashiq stressed the need to engage educated women in Pakistanâs economic development through their empowerment, arguing that half of the educated persons were sitting at home and no state could afford wastage of such a great human resource.
Punjab Minister for Human Rights Ejaz Alam Augustine, PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Niaz Ahmad, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Saleem Mazhar, Social Work Department Chairperson Dr Syeda Mahnaz Hasan and teachers participated in the event. Scientists from the United States, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Bangladesh and other countries participa