Women\'s training centre opened in Pakistan

In line with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Emirati project to assist Pakistan has opened the first centre for training women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in Pakistan. The centre, built at a total cost of US$ 500,000, was handed to provincial government in a ceremony which was attended by the project's director Abdullah Khalifa Al Ghafli, Commander of the GOC 45th Engineers Division of the Pakistani Armed Forces Major-General Zahir Shah and a number of officials. The 25,000 square-foot centre is equipped with the latest machines to train women and girls in sewing, embroidery, leather crafts, designing and decoration. The centre also offers courses in handicrafts, styling, cosmetics, wax making, cooking and first aid.