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President of Awami National Party (ANP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senator Afrasiab Khattak has said that certain factions are busy in creating misunderstandings between religion, traditions and modernization, portraying as if modernization was against religious norms.
“But let me tell you that modernization is not a struggle between culture and religion, in fact it is the way forward towards development while staying within our norms.”
He said this while addressing the 33rd annual day of Jinnah College for Women here at University of Peshawar as Chief Guest on Saturday.
Mr. Khattak pointed out to some of the drastic changes needed in our curricula in order to make it current and compatible with the advanced world while keeping in view the cultural and religious aspects of modernization because we can’t remain a closed society and survive in the world as a developed nation.
Education and increase in the literacy rate for females are key towards development of the country, he added.
The United Nations has directed all the countries in the world to allocate at least 4% of their GDP to the education but unfortunately our allocation is hovering around 2% only, he maintained.
Our country’s budget allocation for education is the least in South Asia and one of the lowest in the world, he said. We must have to change our priorities and make Pakistan as a true welfare and democratic state than a national security state which is only possiblethrough good education, Khattak added.
He praised the tremendous contribution made by Jinnah College for women in imparting quality education to the students of Khyber Pakhtukhwa and FATA.
The students of this college have achieved a lot over the years for which I congratulate the Principal and University of Peshawar, he said.
He announced construction of a new hall within Jinnah College for Women and award of cash prizes to all the topper students under the Chief Minister “Storay Da Pakhtookhwa“ Programme.
Earlier, Principal Prof. Dr. Neelofar Arbab presented the college annual performance report.
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