PIA cuts 30% fares II AKAH wins Gold Award II Demands of Women Rights Movement - Gilgit-Baltistan
Channel: Dabang Khabar Official
Date: 2020-12-12

PIA cuts fares up to 30% on domestic flights but fare for Gilgit-Baltistan remains unchanged, PIA charges PKR 16000 on a 45 minutes flight to Gilgit-Baltistan from Islamabad which is much higher than other longer destinations in the country, Governor Gilgit-Baltistan Raja Jalal Maqpoon has written a letter to CEO Air Marshall Arshad Malik to match it with rest of the country and give incentives to the tourists by lowering the fares to the region, in case of heavy rains, avalanches, landslides and other disasters KKH remains disconnected with rest of the country, patients, students, and poor people face difficulty in affording higher fares.
      
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) won the World Habitat Awards 2020 Gold Award today for its “Integrating Indigenous Knowledge and Technology for Safer Habitat” project.  
In the winning project, AKAH pioneered the use of Hazard Vulnerability and Risk Assessments (HVRAs), which integrate science, technology and local knowledge for disaster risk management and sustainable habitat planning and development.
Reflecting the importance of this work, Prince Rahim Aga Khan, Chair of AKDN’s Environment and Climate Committee, said: “For decades the AKDN has been working with vulnerable communities to improve quality of life and reduce disaster risk. Today in the face of the climate crisis, understanding and mitigating these risks is even more urgent. Only by helping these communities adapt and thrive in harmony with their often-precarious habitat can we hope to mitigate the effects of climate change.”
n Pakistan, AKAH conducts HVRAs – for nearly 800 settlements that cover over one million people – with robust risk mapping and monitoring capacities and development planning. The Agency has also provided technical assistance on safer and greener home improvements to more than 20,000 households while constructing over 4,000 shelters for internally displaced people. AKAH has also trained over 50,000 local volunteers in Pakistan in community-based disaster risk management. The volunteers have responded to over 200 disaster events.
Maimunah Mohd Sharif, UN-Habitat Executive Director, said: “UN-Habitat commends 'Integrating Indigenous Knowledge and Technology for Safer Habitat' because of its community-based planning and risk management approach, integrating local knowledge. This is very much in line with UN-Habitat’s belief that when developing, formulating and implementing tools, policies and programmes, we should place people at the centre of our thinking and action.”

Women Rights Movement - Gilgit-Baltistan presents 6 points charter of demand on cases of harassment;
Anti harassment bill 2010 passed by Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly immediately be enforced.
Anti harassment cells be established in all educational institutions.
CCTV cameras be installed in all government and private offices.
Women should have access to fundamental rights.
Seminars be organized at school level to sensitize children about harassment.
Financial assistance and security be ensured to (women and children) the victims of harassment
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