One day Thematic seminar for men and women on human rights held.
CHITRAL: A day long thematic seminar for men and women on human rights was held here in a local hotel organized by Legal awareness Program for Human Rights (LAPH) funded by Trocaire an Irish based NGO. Chairman board of directors Niaz Ali Shah briefed the participants about aim and objectives of the of the workshop and achievements of the organization. He said that they working on 5 components to human cum women rights. They arranging seminars workshops on human rights to raise awareness among the masses, working on capacity building like giving vocational training to women folk, rehabilitation of widow and poor women. We provide free legal assistance to helpless people especially women folk, and working on women advocacy in collaboration with district government he added. He said we conducted 2 training for police cobs to sensitize them regarding human and women rights. Similarly they support poor female students to continue their education. Besides it women protection act was also extended at Chitral on their efforts and raising the issue through different platform and media.
Miss Fauzia briefed the participants on basic theme of human rights and especially women rights in property. Maulana Khaleequz Zaman Khateeb Shahi Masjid highlighted women rights on Islamic point of view. He said that Islam have bestowed real rights to women some 1400 years ago. Islam dignified women rights in different categories like daughter, sister, wife and mother. He condemned black propaganda in western media against Islamic rules and principles regarding women rights and termed that western still not has given their real status and rights to women folk. He said that young girls were buried live at Arab before Islam. And this is Islam who declared that paradise lying under the feet of your mothers. Quran also stressed upon caring and protection of women rights. He hailed former MMA government who established a separate women university, approved scholarships for girls students and distributing free books among the students until metric level.
Maula Nigah Niga principal retired declared that women rights are exploiting and violating by women not by men. He stressed upon the women folk to must claim their property rights as declared by Islam. He said that they must come forward and should to raise voice for their rights. At last question answer session was also held in the seminar, which were responded by intellectuals. A large number of men and women folk attended the seminar.
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