Published in The Express Tribune (Pakistan) – Teaching how to fish: Empowering women.
On September 22, when a man named Jalal Sultan opened Jiwani Heights Training Centre. The institute teaches women stitching, embroidery and fashion design at a cost of Rs. 300 per month. It works under Sultan’s NGO, The Foundation for a Better Life. Its first batch had 30 women, 22 from Jiwani Heights and eight from the Ali Complex, situated right across. A formal opening was held on Sunday morning inside the apartment building when the women from its first batch could stitch a complete outfit from scratch. The first woman judge of a high court in Pakistan, retd Justice Majida Razvi was the chief guest.
