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  2. Malala Yousafzai - Wikipedia

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    — Malala Yousafzai, 24 January 2009 BBC blog entry In February 2009, girls' schools were still closed. In solidarity, private schools for boys had decided not to open until 9 February, and notices appeared saying so. On 7 February, Yousafzai and her brother returned to their hometown of Mingora, where the streets were deserted, and there was an "eerie silence". She wrote in her blog: "We ...

  3. Education in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Article 25-A of the Constitution of Pakistan obligates the state to provide free and compulsory quality education to children of the age group 5 to 16 years. "The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of five to sixteen years in such a manner as may be determined by law". [3]

  4. Pakistani textbooks controversy - Wikipedia

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    The Pakistani textbooks controversy refers to claimed inaccuracies and historical denialism. The inaccuracies and myths promote religious intolerance and Indophobia and lead to calls for curriculum reform. According to the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan's school textbooks have systematically inculcated anti-Indian ...

  5. Abdul Qadeer Khan - Wikipedia

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    Abdul Qadeer Khan was born on 1 April 1936, in Bhopal, a city then in the erstwhile British Indian princely state of Bhopal State, and now the capital city of Madhya Pradesh. He was a Muhajir of Urdu-speaking Pashtun origin. [14] [15] [2] [5] [16] His maternal ancestors hailed from the Tirah Valley (now in the Khyber District of Khyber ...

  6. Hakeem Muhammad Saeed - Wikipedia

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    Website. hakim-said .com .pk. Hakeem Muhammad Saeed ( Urdu: حکیم محمد سعید; 9 January 1920 – 17 October 1998) [4] was a Pakistani medical researcher, scholar, and philanthropist. He served as governor of Sindh Province from 19 July 1993 until 23 January 1994. Saeed was one of Pakistan's most prominent medical researchers in the ...

  7. Women's education in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The total enrollment in primary public sector is 11,840,719; 57% (6,776,536) are boys, and 43% (5,064,183) are girls. 79% of all the primary students in Pakistan are enrolled in rural schools, and the gender enrollment ratios are 59% and 41% for boys and girls respectively in rural Pakistan. Private sector.

  8. READ Foundation - Wikipedia

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    The Rural Education and Development (READ) Foundation is a non-profit educational network in North Pakistan. It runs a network of 390 schools across Pakistan (Sialkot, Jhelum, Gujrat, Kharian), Azad Kashmir (All Districts), Murree, Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the outskirts of Islamabad/Rawalpindi. It has 5948 teachers and serves ...

  9. Youth in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Youth in Pakistan. Pakistan 's estimated population (excluding the disputed areas of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan) was 207,774,520 according to the provisional results of the 2017 Census of Pakistan. [1] [2] [3] Pakistan is the world's fifth-most-populous country. The population is young: in 2019 34.8% were thought to be 14 or younger ...