BD, India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan achieve education gender parity

BD, India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan achieve education gender parity Bangladesh (1.6), India (0.97), Sri Lanka (1.00) and Bhutan (1.01) have achieved gender parity in primary education, according to the Education For All (EFA) report. Pakistan (0.83) and Maldives (0.94) lag behind. Afghanistan has a dismal GPI of 0.66. After more than two decades of effort, Bangladesh has succeeded in boosting education for girls to the point where they have the same schooling opportunities as boys. According to UNESCO's Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2011, the endeavour has paid off so well that the country now faces a paradox: boys are falling...

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Voice in Pakistan

From Pakistan---  Voice in Pakistan My Blog on The Express Tribune About Pakistan & Israel Hide Details FROM: Hamid Nawaz  TO: presspakistan@googlegroups.com  Message flagged Wednesday, 13 June 2012 1:36 PM I agree with Mr. Hashmi and he is absolutely correct. We should accept the realities which ultimately demands the establishment of immediate diplomatic relations with Israel. Although some Pakistanis are quoting brotherly relations with Arab world. But the ground realities are very different mostly the arab misbehave with Pakistani workers in Middle East and some times they are very rude intolerable. Secondly, I would quote the so-called booming image of India. This is all because of Israel support, who suggested the multinational companies...

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Pakistan-- Justice should resign

From Pakistan-- Chief Justice should resign Hide Details FROM: Abdul Hussain Mendhro NNI  TO: presspakistan@googlegroups.com  Message flagged Wednesday, 13 June 2012 2:29 PM I think if Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan Iftikar MuhammadChourdhary resigned at this stage it will be creats problems forpeoples of Paksitan as well as Pakistani Judiciary accordingly I thinkChoudhary Sahib will face the situation properly and easily.(Abdul Hussain Mendhro)Seniuor Journalist & Correspondent NNIThatta Sindh (0321)-3288299On 6/6/12, Kalbe Ali <ali.kalbe@gmail.com> wrote:> I cannot consider myself as an entity to speak over the matter or even> to think on it, but it is just a matter of consideration for the> political leaders, analysts and even...

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