Call to set up fund for girls education in southern Punjab.

Lahore -- A non-government organisation on Friday hosted a seminar at a hotel here on quality secondary education for girls in Punjab.

Punjab Assembly Member Ahmad Khan Bhajjar, Saadia Sohail Rana, Zakia Shahnawaz, Kanwal Parvaiz, Samabia Tahir, Awaz Foundation Chief Executive Ziaur Rahman, Shazia Nawaz and Maryam Amjad attended the seminar organised by the Awaz Foundation.

On this occasion, Rehman stated that more than 25 million girls were deprived of primary education, over 8 million cannot afford going to school and over 1.4 million were not able to complete their education up to secondary level.

Bhajjar went on to say that compared to previous governments 'we...

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