Women Rights: Pakistan Pride: Rabia Fareedi

FAISALABAD: Rabia Faridi, an MSc student at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, will be speaking at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly next month

She will be giving a speech on the rights of women.

From Our Correspondent

FAISALABAD: A student, Rabia Faridi, of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) has been selected to present her speech on women’s issues in the coming session of the United Nations General Assembly.

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Rabia Faridi is a student of MSc Hons (Plant Breeding and Genetics) and a member of the UAF Debating Club. It is second time in the history of the country that a Pakistani female student will speak in the elite forum after Malala Yousafzai. A couple of weeks ago, Rabia Faridi had presented her speech on women education at the Convention Centre, Islamabad, where UN Special Envoy for Global Education and former British PM Gordon Brown was the chief guest.

“I have to represent Pakistan. It is a huge responsibility,” remarked Faridi.

She added that she could not believe that she was given the opportunity to speak at the UN platform.

The vice chancellor of her university stated that he was proud of his students who were capable of moving forward competitively.

Earlier, Faridi had delivered a speech on the same issue in Islamabad where former British Prime Gordon Brown, who is also the UN Special Envoy for Global Education, was the chief guest