Summary Maryam Nawaz said that Hazrat Khadija (RA) and Fatima Jinnah are role models for women.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Maryam Nawaz on Monday has said that the incumbent government and Women Parliamentary Caucus are taking appropriate steps for women empowerment in the country.
Addressing the three-day International Conference on The Role of Women Parliamentarians in Strengthening Democracy and Social Justice , Maryam Nawaz Sharif pointed out that women have equal opportunities in Pakistan in the democratic set-up.
She said Pakistan today has remarkable individuals who have done a great job in different fields like education. She encouraged the women to take out theirselves from poverty and fear.
Quoting examples of different valiant women, Maryam Nawaz said that Hazrat Khadija (RA) and Fatima Jinnah are role models for women.
She said Malala Yousafzai fought against discrimination and became youngest girl to receive Nobel Prize while life of first martyred woman pilot Marium Mukhtar can also be taken as guidance.
Talking on the occasion, Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has urged parliamentarians to become torch-bearer of change and harbinger of common world with equal opportunities.
He appreciated the role being played by women legislators in the Pakistani parliament.
He said Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms has recommended reservation of a mandatory five percent quota of awarding party tickets to women on general seats.
The speaker said that five to ten percent mandatory women voters’ turn-out for the validity of any constituency election has also been proposed.
Along with those from Pakistan, women lawmakers from Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, Australia, Romania, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Jordan, Maldives, Indonesia and Nepal are attending the event.
