WFP to give $51.6m aid for girls education
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15/12/2004
Pakistan Minister for Education and former director-general of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Javed Ashraf Qazi on Wednesday said the UN World Food Programme (WFP) would provide $51.6 million assistance to government to encourage about half a million girl students to stay in schools. The minister said this while inaugurating an art exhibition organized by the World Food Programme (WFP), Pakistan, here. The WFP, he said, would provide the assistance to the Government of Pakistan in mid-2005 to save 519,754 girl students from being dropped out besides enhancing the literacy rate.