Pakistan'sMinister for Federal Education and Professional Training Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on Thursday said a formal invitation had already been sent to Afghanistan to participate in a conference on girls& education.The international conference on girls& education in Muslim countries would be held from January 11 to 12 in Islamabad with aims to address challenges and opportunities of women.Siddiqui expressed the hope that representative from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) would attend the conference.Addressing a news conference, the minister said that the conference, jointly organised by the MoFEPT and the Muslim World League (MWL), will be presided over by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.He said the ministry had already sent invitations to 57 counties which was confirmed by 48 countries and added the conference would be attended by leaders, policy makers, diplomats, religious scholars, educationists, and experts from Muslim countries.The conference'skeynote address would be delivered by Nobel Laureate and globally-acclaimed advocate for girls& education Malala Yousafzai, he added.This comes as the Islamic Emirate has suspended girls& education beyond sixth grade in schools, and universities also remain closed to women.The post IEA invited to girls& education conference in Islamabad first appeared on Ariana News.