HEC Celebrated International Women's Day at FJWU

Rawalpindi - On the International Women's Day, Higher Education Commission has organized a Women’s Day event at Fatima Jinnah Women University to celebrate the achievements and successful stories of student’s scholarship recipients of USAID Funded Merit and Need Based Scholarship Program. The event was honoring all girls who have broken barriers to achieve their goals and have embarked upon of success.

Welcome address given by Registrar Prof. Samina Bukhari and Vice Chancellor FJWU Prof. Dr. Samina Amin Qadir was the Chief Guest of the event she said that if women want to do something, they can do it. Be confident about yourself and must listen your inner voice, understand and follow them. Also added Just follow your dreams and don’t take what people said because you can’t change people, you have to improve and change yourself to become a successful woman. Also said event has provided an opportunity to our young female scholarship recipients to share their stories with us so that other students get inspiration from their journey.

Miss Dur-e-ShahwarDirector Capacity building Pak-USAID Merit & Needs Based Scholarship Program-MNBSP shared her successful life journey said at the moment that today’s woman is no longer a dependent soul. She is Independent and self-reliant in every respect and is capable of doing everything. Let’s recognize the importance of their existence and motivate them for the future achievements.

Event was attended by Deans, Faculty members and 60 students of USAID Need Based Scholarship and they have shared their stories and also showcase documentary of successful students.

At the end Vice Chancellor FJWU Prof. Dr. Samina Amin Qadir presented the university souvenir to Miss Dur-e-Shahwar and Mr. Rao Muhammad Azhar Khan Program Diector USAID-MNBSP.Miss Dur-e-ShahwarDirector Capacity building Pak-USAID also presented souvenir to Vice Chancellor FJWU Prof. Dr. Samina Amin Qadir.