{"id":60649,"date":"2020-01-29T05:24:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T05:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=60649"},"modified":"2020-01-29T05:24:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T05:24:42","slug":"transgenders-prepare-fabric-bags-substitute-plastic-bags-swat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/transgenders-prepare-fabric-bags-substitute-plastic-bags-swat.html","title":{"rendered":"Transgenders to prepare fabric bags to substitute plastic bags in Swat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Social Welfare Department recently announced the launch of an eco-friendly project for transgenders to manufacture fabric bags in order to dissuade people from the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/vendors-given-two-week-deadline-to-halt-sale-purchase-of-plastic-bags-in-peshawar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"plastic bags  (opens in a new tab)\">plastic bags <\/a>in Swat District, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nadra-shares-nphp-applications-breakdown.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"NADRA shares NPHP applications breakdown (opens in a new tab)\">NADRA shares NPHP applications breakdown<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swat Additional Assistant Commissioner Muhammad Zamin Khan inaugurated the fabric bags project and assured the transgenders that their rights would be protected and their issues resolved at the earliest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/quota-for-transgenders-pms-kamyab-jawan-programme.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Quota for Transgenders in PM\u2019s Kamyab Jawan Programme (opens in a new tab)\"> Quota for Transgenders in PM\u2019s Kamyab Jawan Programme<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project has been launched to provide transgenders with dignified employment of manufacturing fabric bags with the help of the Swat district administration. The project would involve transgenders in Swat, regardless of their birth in other districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/loan-scheme-approved-smes-development-punjab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Loan scheme approved for SMEs development in Punjab (opens in a new tab)\">Loan scheme approved for SMEs development in Punjab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal of the project is to provide an alternative to plastic bags through the use of eco-friendly fabric bags, with the eventual goal to ban the use of plastic bags in the district altogether. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kamyab-jawan-initiative-include-youth-from-minorities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Kamyab Jawan initiative to include youth from minorities (opens in a new tab)\">Kamyab Jawan initiative to include youth from minorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>District Social Welfare Officer Nusrat Iqbal said that 32 sewing machines had been distributed among the transgender community and that the district administration would be overseeing the progress of the project. She added that once the demand for eco-friendly bags increases, transgender manufacturers will be able to sell the bags in the market directly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/global-buyers-attracted-by-pakistans-eco-friendly-textile-industry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Global buyers attracted by Pakistan\u2019s eco-friendly textile industry (opens in a new tab)\">Global buyers attracted by Pakistan\u2019s eco-friendly textile industry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A representative of the Environmental Protection Society Muhammad Haseeb\nKhan said that they would support the district administration\u2019s projects for the\nupliftment of the transgender community. He added that they will be trained in\nbeautician courses and that a beauty parlour would also be set up for the\ncommunity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Social Welfare Department recently announced the launch of an eco-friendly project for transgenders to manufacture fabric bags in order to dissuade people from the use of plastic bags in Swat District, a news source reported. Read: NADRA shares NPHP applications breakdown Swat Additional Assistant Commissioner Muhammad Zamin Khan inaugurated the fabric bags project and assured the transgenders that their rights would be protected and their issues resolved at the earliest. Read: Quota for Transgenders in PM\u2019s Kamyab Jawan Programme The project has been launched to provide transgenders with dignified employment of manufacturing fabric bags with the help of the Swat district administration. The project would involve transgenders in Swat, regardless of their birth in other districts. Read: Loan scheme approved for SMEs development in Punjab The goal of the project is to provide an alternative to plastic bags through the use of eco-friendly fabric bags, with the eventual goal to ban the use of plastic bags in the district altogether. Read: Kamyab Jawan initiative to include youth from minorities District Social Welfare Officer Nusrat Iqbal said that 32 sewing machines had been distributed among the transgender community and that the district administration would be overseeing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":60653,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181],"tags":[16802,16801],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-fabric-bags-in-swat","9":"tag-transgenders-to-prepare-fabric-bags","10":"cat-15181-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Transgenders to prepare fabric bags in Swat - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Social Welfare Department recently announced the launch of an eco-friendly project for transgenders to manufacture\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/transgenders-prepare-fabric-bags-substitute-plastic-bags-swat.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Transgenders to prepare fabric bags in Swat - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Social Welfare Department recently announced the launch of an eco-friendly project for transgenders to manufacture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/transgenders-prepare-fabric-bags-substitute-plastic-bags-swat.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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