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Goal 10:

Reduced Inequalities

Rector’s Interaction with Afghan Students

Rector NUML – Maj. Gen. Muhammad Jaffar HI (M) (Retd.) interacted with Afghan Students on February 28, 2022 to
discuss their issues and suggestions. Reducing inequalities and ensuring no one is left behind are integral to achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals according to the United Nations. Roughly one in five people have experienced
discrimination on at least one of the grounds prohibited under international human rights law, such as ethnicity, age, sex,
disability, religion and sexual orientation (UN SDGs Report 2022).

Seminar on “History of Human Rights

Violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir”

The ‘Department of English’ (Undergraduate Studies (UGS)) organized a one-day
seminar titled, “History of Human Rights Violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir” on
April 8, 2022. The guest speaker Dr. Rahat Zubair Malik, Senior Research Fellow at
National Historical and Cultural Research Centre of Excellence, Quaid-i-Azam
University enlightened the students about the history of the region and its significance
in the contemporary times.

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