PESHAWAR: Special Assistant to Chief Minister for Prisons Shaif ullah Khan Wednesday said that the data of prisoners languishing in different prisons of the province was being registered and would be centralised with National Database Registration Authority (NADRA). Presiding over a meeting of the Side Committee on Prisons here, he said that the centralised data would be inter connected with relevant departments while under a comprehensive policy the prisoners would be given vocational training so that they could earn livelihood for their families from the prisons. The meeting attended by MPA Ayesha Bano, Additional Secretary Home Kalimullah, IGP Prisons Khalid Abbas, Deputy Director Prison Hashmatullah and other officials, discussed in detail the conditions of different prisons and provision of basic facilities to the inmates. The committee also discussed solarization of prisons and measures to make the prisoners useful citizens by imparting vocational training to them. It was decided that with the help of the industries department, SMEDA, Toyota and Small Industries to give technical training to the inmates about repairing mobile phones, electronic equipment, handicraft and other skills. The committee considered various recommendations to improve the conditions of prisons across the province and provision of basic facilities to the inmates. APP
Pakistan calls for coherent response to challenges faced by G77 countries
NEW YORK: Pakistan has called for coherent and concerted response to the daunting challenges faced by the Group of 77 countries in order to ensure that none of them is left behind. The call was made by Pakistan’s envoy to the UN Munir Akram, who is also Chairman of the Group of 77 for current year, during the first ambassadorial meeting of the group. He said we are confronted with a triple challenge of recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, achievement of the Sustainable Developments Goals and the existential threat of climate change. The Pakistani envoy identified and elaborated some of the actions Pakistan has proposed to deal with these challenges. Online
