Women play vital role in Pakistan: Khar
October 19th, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 19 (IANS) Women in Pakistan are more empowered than those in other developing countries, said Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar.
Khar said Pakistan is one of the leading countries where the women had been empowered more as compared to other countries and they are playing a vital role, reported Associated Press of Pakistan.
She was addressing a reception hosted here Monday night by British High Commissioner Adam Thomson. The theme was ‘Women as Agents of Change’.
Pakistan has a population of nearly 180 million, over half of which are women.
Khar said it was to the credit of Pakistan that late Benazir Bhutto was the first woman prime minister of a Muslim country.
She said the speaker of national assembly, Fehmida Mirza, is a woman and many other departments have significant representation of women.
The minister said that from agriculture to business, women are actively participating in all fields in Pakistan.
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