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By Bushra Askari  (Pakistan News & Features Services) Women’s rights and gender equality have started taking the centre stage as this year’s theme for International Women’s Day ‘I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights’ makes waves all over the world on the eve of the big day on March 8. The United Nations (UN) Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, has highlighted 2020 as the year for gender equality, having urged everyone to tackle the persistent barriers against gender equality.  “2020 presents an unprecedented opportunity to turn things around for current and future generations of women and girls,” she remarked.  She has remained confident about her agency’s Generation Equality campaign to deliver game-changing results to advance equality for women and girls.  The UN agencies have been working proactively to advance gender equality in every nook and corner of the globe. The Generation Equality campaign has be...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) A delegation of 10 students of the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Karachi, participated first time in an event organized by the alumni of the University of Karachi University.  Maria from Bio-Medical Engineering got Senior Mention and Momin Naqvi from Computer Engineering got Honorary Mention titles.  The SSUET Registrar, Syed Sarfraz Ali, alongwith Advisor to Chancellor, Siraj Khilji, with his team, visited the event on its second day at Hotel Regent Plaza where they interacted with the various delegations and the organizers who were appreciated for their efforts in holding such an event.  "The Sir Syed University will extend full support for organizing such events in future,” Sarfraz Ali assured while Siraj Khilji invited the KUMUN organizers to visit the university and make collaborative efforts in establishing the MUN SSUET Chapter. In Model UN, students step i...