Inmates’ welfare: Training project for women prisoners

The project will be implemented by jail authorities concerned with the technical cooperation of NAVTTC.

ISLAMABAD:
The federal government will launch a project for training and rehabilitation of women prisoners in jails of Multan and Larkana.

The project is part of new initiatives to be taken by the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) and it will be executed through funding of Asia Foundation and Aurat Foundation, official sources said.


The project will be implemented by jail authorities concerned with the technical cooperation of NAVTTC.

According to official figures, the ministry of education and training will spend an amount of Rs5,271.388 million during current year to fund 10 on-going projects including Rs350 million to NAVTTC to fund 134 development projects.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 8th, 2013.
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