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News Pakistan Education: Pakistan announces religious school reform ahead of PM's US visit

Published on: Friday 19 July 2019
Pakistan announces religious school reform ahead of PM's US visit
News source: https://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-announces-religious-school-reform-ahead-pms-us-183132687.html

Pakistan on Friday said it has agreed with the country's clergy to introduce reforms in madrassa religious schools to bring them in line with conventional schools, curbing hate speech and extremist narratives. The announcement came just before Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit to Washington

News Pakistan Education: Pakistan turning blind eye to human rights abuses in Xinjiang

Published on: Saturday 20 July 2019
Pakistan turning blind eye to human rights abuses in Xinjiang
News source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistan-turning-blind-eye-to-human-rights-abuses-in-xinjiang/articleshow/70314535.cms

are being held in internment camps that Beijing has called "re-education" centres. The issue of Uighurs in Xinjiang is expected to be raised during Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's meeting ...

News Pakistan Education: Pakistan has taken initial, promising steps against anti-Indian groups: US Defence Secretary nominee

Published on: Tuesday 16 July 2019
Pakistan has taken initial, promising steps against anti-Indian groups: US Defence Secretary nominee
News source: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/pakistan-has-taken-initial-promising-steps-against-anti-indian-groups-us-defence-secretary-nominee-4213071.html

Esper said the president's South Asia Strategy recognises Pakistan as a key partner in advancing US interests in the region, including developing a political settlement in Afghanistan, defeating the Al-Qaeda and the ISIS-K, providing logistical access and enhancing regional stability.

News Pakistan Education: US Defence Secretary nominee: Pakistan has taken initial, promising steps against anti-Indian groups

Published on: Tuesday 16 July 2019
US Defence Secretary nominee: Pakistan has taken initial, promising steps against anti-Indian groups
News source: https://www.mid-day.com/articles/us-defence-secretary-nominee-pakistan-has-taken-initial-promising-steps-against-anti-indian-groups/21366182

Assistance and operational reimbursements like Coalition Support Funds (CSF) and International Military Education and Training (IMET), which are currently suspended, may be useful to reinforce ...

News Pakistan Education: Steps being taken to make Pakistan clean, green: minister

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Steps being taken to make Pakistan clean, green: minister
News source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1494667

ISLAMABAD: Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood on Wednesday said Pakistan was amongst most vulnerable countries to climate change. Addressing at a seminar titled ‘Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Vision to ...

News Pakistan Education: Pakistan says it is on the road to major change, but few are fully persuaded

Published on: Sunday 28 April 2019
News source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-politics-promises-analysis-idUSKCN1S501Q

“Pakistan should take immediate ... and that engineering a big increase in spending on education is critical to that. During the trip, the journalists were taken to an impressively modern-looking army ...

News Pakistan Education: Pakistan Moving to Bring Madrassas Under State Control

Published on: Monday 29 April 2019
News source: https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-moving-bring-madrassas-under-state-control/4896232.html

Until recently, Ghafoor revealed, the madrassas in Pakistan were under "the purview of the ministry of industries".He did not further explain, but said the religious schools have now been brought ...

News Pakistan Education: Pakistan to bring religious schools under government control

Published on: Monday 29 April 2019
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/pakistan-to-bring-religious-schools-under-government-control/2019/04/29/3890f1b4-6a7c-11e9-bbe7-1c798fb80536_story.html

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military spokesman says authorities plan ... Asif Ghafoor says millions of students in the seminaries currently only get religious education but once the schools are ...

News Pakistan Education: Pakistan plans to bring 30,000 madrasas under government control

Published on: Monday 29 April 2019
News source: https://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-plans-bring-30-000-madrasas-under-government-125242841.html

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan plans to take control of a network of over 30,000 madrasas as part of a drive to "mainstream" the Islamic schools by bringing them under state control, the military's ...