NCHD to establish' Adult Literacy Centers' for illiterate prisoners.

ISLAMABAD -- National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) would establish 'Adult Literacy Centers' for the illiterate prisoners in 89 Jails for improving the social, economic, education and health related indicators in the country specifically in the far flung rural areas and Prisons.

Director General of NCHD Hassan Baig said the support and cooperation by the authorities concerned were commendable in establishing Adult Literacy Centers in Jails.

He further added that NCHD would soon initiate a programme for the Rehabilitation of Drug Addicts and Impart entrepreneur training to uplift them to the main stream of development, said a press release issued here.

The NCHD DG stated, "To...