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The women in Pakistan Air Force also operate a women's welfare organization (officers and airmens wives welfare), the Pakistan Air Force Women Association (PAFWA), to promote women to join the PAF as combat pilots and to promote women's health in the Air Force. [31] Flight Lieutenant Ayesha Farooq was the first Pakistani fighter pilot. [32] [14]
The Officers Training School (OTS), was a Training institute for officers of Pakistan Army. [1] It was initially established in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, along with Pakistan Military Academy in 1948 to counter deficiency of Military Officers in the infant country. The Training duration at the OTS academy at that time was 12 months where ...
Shirkat Gah was established in 1975 by Najma Sadeque (journalist, human rights activist, environmental writer) with a group of 7 like-minded women. [2] Shirkat Gah was established as a resource and publication center for women to promote their economic and social development and to carry out research and awareness related activities. [3]
Pakistan Military Academy, also referred to by its acronym (PMA), is an officers training centre located near Kakul village in the city and district of Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Established in October 1947, [2] [1] it is the sole service academy in Pakistan tasked with training cadets to serve as army officers.
Pencak silat ( Indonesian pronunciation: [ˈpənt͡ʃaʔ ˈsilat]; in Western writings sometimes spelled "pentjak silat" or phonetically as "penchak silat") is an umbrella term for a class of related Indonesian martial arts. [1] [2] In neighbouring countries, the term usually refers to professional competitive silat. [3]
The 1947 Kamoke train massacre was an attack on a refugee train and subsequent massacre of Hindu and Sikh refugees by a Muslim mob at Kamoke, Pakistan on 24 September 1947 following the partition of India. [2] The train was carrying around 3,000-3,500 refugees from West Punjab [3] and was attacked 25 miles from Lahore by a mob of thousands of ...
National Guard. The National Cadet Corps ( NCC) was a college and school-based programme for providing military-style training to students in Pakistan, under the auspices of the Pakistan Army. It was a component of the National Guard (a reserve force of the Pakistan Army), and was similar to the British Officers' Training Corps and Army Cadet ...
Research indicates several problems faced by women doctors in Pakistan in their career and education, including lack of implementation of women-friendly policies (like maternity leave, breast-feeding provisions and child-care facilities), and systemic sexism prevalent in medical education and training. Pakistan's patriarchal culture, where ...