Alarming 22m children out of school in Pakistan: PM Shehbaz

Islamabad web desk …Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday revealed that an alarming 22.8 million children between the ages of five and 16 years were out of school, with a disproportionate number being girls, in Pakistan.
Addressing a meeting of the visiting ministers and authorities of education from various Muslim countries, the prime minister expressed gratitude to them for their participation in the two-day International Conference on Girls’ Education in Muslim Communities: Challenges and Opportunities.
PM Shehbaz expressed his optimism that the current ongoing international conference on girls’ education would go a long way and help them put their acts together to promote education among females in the Islamic countries.
He said Pakistan faced different challenges in promoting education for girls.
The premier referred to his earlier speech in the conference wherein he had highlighted the significance of female education as emphasised upon by the Islamic teachings and the instructions of the Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him).