Female student from Faisalabad to speak at UN

FAISALABAD: Rabia Faridi, an MSc student at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, will be speaking at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly next month, Express News reported on Wednesday. She will be giving a speech on the rights of women. Faridi will be the second Pakistani woman to address the UN after student activist Malala Yousafzai. “I have to represent Pakistan. It is a huge responsibility,” remarked Faridi. She added that she could not believe that she was given the opportunity to speak at the UN platform.