International Women’s Day 2023 was celebrated at Abbasia Campus, IUB

Bahawalpur, March 09, 2023 (PPI-OT): On the occasion of International Women’s Day, events were organized in various departments of Islamia University Bahawalpur under the direction of Vice Chancellor Islamia University Bahawalpur Engineer Professor Dr. Athar Mehboob.

On the occasion of International Women’s Day organized by the Department of Political Science, a special walk was organized under the chairmanship of the Chairman of the Department of Political Science Prof. Dr. Maswar Hussain Bukhari. Vice Chancellor Engineer Professor Dr. Athar Mehboob took special part in the walk.

On this occasion, a special seminar was organized by Department of Social Work, Fatima Jinnah Women Leadership Center and IUB Social Welfare Society in Ghulam Mohammad Ghotvi Hall. The seminar was presided over by Prof. Dr. Rubina Bhatti, Dean, and Faculty of Social Sciences.

The theme of the seminar is this year’s United Nations theme “Digital Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality” was Professor Dr. Rubina Bhatti said that Islamia University Bahawalpur is providing a favourable environment for women along with education and training.

The University has the facilities of modern Day Care Centre, Enhancing Centre, Women Development Centre, Harassment Cell, Fatima Jinnah Women Leadership Center and Common Rooms. At present, 55% of women students are studying in Islamia University Bahawalpur. The women present at the event thanked the Vice Chancellor Engineer Professor Dr. Athar Mehboob for organizing a special seminar on the occasion of the day.

Dr. Asif Naveed Ranjha, Chairman, Department of Social Work, while presenting the welcome speech, said that the government is making great efforts to give women an active role in the society and many measures are being taken for the ease of working women, whose global Acceptance at the surface.

You are our role model for our women in courage, bravery and courage and in all walks of life I am doing outstanding work. On this occasion, Professor Dr. Raheela Khalid Qureshi, Chairperson of the Arabic Department, gave a brief overview of the rights of women and Islam. Prof. Dakar Rosina Anjum Naqvi, Department of Persian, spoke about the rights and duties of women.

Dr. Aribah Khan, Chairperson, Department of Islamic and Commercial Banking gave a comprehensive talk about the annual theme of the United Nations and its objectives. On this occasion, women from different departments told about their organization and the facilities available to women, including Miss Warda Sheikh, Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police Department, Miss Zubaydah, District Program Manager, Department of Education, Miss Alina, Assistant Director, State Bank of Pakistan.

Miss Nagina Siddique is a senior nurse in the medical department. Dr. Samar Fahad, Director of Enabling Center and Aftab Ahmed, Department of Social Work, organized the seminar. In the seminar, Mrs. Prof. Dr. Moazzam Jameel, Prof. Dr. Asif Naveed Ranjha, Chair Main Department of Social Work, Dr. Abida Firdous Additional Registrar, Dr. Sheikh Safina Siddique, Mrs. Anbar Tanseer, Social Worker, Advocate Farah Baloch, Noshaba Malik, Child Protection Bureau, Dr. Nighat Aslam, Assistant Professor, Government Post Graduate College for Women, Dr. Nargis Naz, Chairman Department of Botany, University Girls Guide Society, Fatima Mazahir Deputy Registrar Public Affairs, Saima Ghaffar, Deputy Registrar, Women Representatives Social Welfare Chamber, Punjab Police, State Bank, officers, faculty members and university students participated in full.

At the end of the event, certificates were also distributed among the participants by the Department of Social Work of Islamia University Bahawalpur. Department of Botany, University Girls Guide Society, Fatima Mazahir Deputy Registrar Public Affairs, Saima Ghaffar, Deputy Registrar, Women Representatives Social Welfare Chamber, Punjab Police, State Bank, officers, faculty members and university students participated in full. At the end of the event, certificates were also distributed among the participants by the Department of Social Work of Islamia University Bahawalpur.

Department of Botany, University Girls Guide Society, Fatima Mazahir Deputy Registrar Public Affairs, Saima Ghaffar, Deputy Registrar, Women Representatives Social Welfare Chamber, Punjab Police, State Bank, officers, faculty members and university students participated in full. At the end of the event, certificates were also distributed among the participants by the Department of Social Work of Islamia University Bahawalpur.

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