Pakistan’s Zardari pledges cash for girls’ education

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PARIS (Reuters) – Pakistan’s President Asif Zardari pledged $10 million for girls’ education to UNESCO on Monday in the name of a Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban, saying sending girls to school was the best way to combat extremism.


"Some 61 million primary school-age children around the world do not attend school and two-thirds are girls, UNESCO said."

http://www.firstpost.com/world/pakistans-zardari-pledges-cash-for-girls-education-552656.html

[andy222]

Watch out for the headlines when he gets back to Pakistan.

[Tawi2]

Toffee,just words,visit the tribal areas in pakistan and tell me that asif zardari is the man in charge :icon_lol: the north is primitive and tribal :wink: