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Pakistan - Level 3: Reconsider Travel

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a sovereign country in South Asia with a population exceeding 180 million people. The official languages are Urdu and English.

Big leap backward: Pakistan?s new national curriculum is a lesson in regressive policy-making
The prime minister believes the enforcement of a uniform curriculum will end existing divisions in Pakistan?s education system. There can be no two views that the country?s decaying education system ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 17 Sep 2021 01:00:00 GMT

Pakistan?s Educational Policy
Pakistan?s ranking on the Human Development ... Imagine if he had built one million well-equipped schools, trained twice as many teachers and given financial incentives to ensure school ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:01:00 GMT

Why Pakistan\'s new school textbooks are sparking backlash over gender
Should you judge this book by its cover? A father and son sit on the sofa doing homework while a mother and daughter sit on the floor. Critics have slammed these books for their outdated gender ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:48:00 GMT

\'The Ripple Effects\': Growing Up In Pakistan On 9/11
This story is part of VPR?s 9/11 remembrance project, featuring the voices of Vermonters reflecting on how their lives were changed by 9/11.To find the full project, go to Because of the time ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2021 03:00:00 GMT

At Pakistan border, Afghans find a way out of Taliban rule after a treacherous journey
Girls were not allowed to go to school. There was no place for girls to get an education,? said one Afghan teenager fleeing across the Pakistan border.
Publ.Date : Fri, 10 Sep 2021 06:44:45 GMT

Explained: Why Pakistan\'s school textbooks are sparking backlash
Should you judge this book by its cover? Critics have slammed these books for their outdated gender depictions.
Publ.Date : Tue, 14 Sep 2021 04:19:00 GMT

From Pakistan to Scotland: The many homes of my mother
My mother has this fire, the urge to make everything new, the ability to burn boats like Tariq bin Ziyad and call a new continent home. She is her own universe. ?It was a cold evening in the late 80s, ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 16 Sep 2021 02:01:35 GMT

What 9/11 meant for Afghan Americans
CONTRIBUTING: Afghan refuges quickly make an impact on Houston economy News that the U.S. would be invading Afghanistan stifled the excitement felt by some. Many of the hundreds of thousands of Afghan ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 11 Sep 2021 06:32:00 GMT

\'No place for girls\': Two sisters\' treacherous escape across Afghanistan to freedom
Girls were not allowed to go to school. There was no place for girls to get an education,? said one Afghan teenager fleeing across the Pakistan border.
Publ.Date : Fri, 10 Sep 2021 06:44:00 GMT

Afghan refugee?s plan to attend Catholic school in Arkansas halted
A Catholic school in Arkansas is hoping student from Afghanistan will be allowed in the country after his visa was denied.
Publ.Date : Sat, 11 Sep 2021 02:14:00 GMT

Roundup: Pakistan in bid to fight climate change for generations to come
5 (Xinhua) -- Muhammad Naeem, a 12-year old student at a government school in Pakistan's eastern Gujranwala district ... "We were told by our teachers that we are going to set a record of planting ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Sep 2021 03:34:00 GMT

Taliban fire in air to disperse protesters, arrest reporters
The Taliban fired into the air Tuesday to disperse protesters and arrested several journalists, the second time in less than a week the group used heavy-handed tactics to ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2021 06:27:00 GMT