Hails IoK women for their matchless sacrifice, contribution in freedom struggle,
MUZAFFARABAD: (Parliament Times) Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan has said the government is taking practical steps to empower women and incorporate their opinion in policy making.
He was talking to a delegation of PML-N Women Wing here on Thursday. The delegation was comprised of Hussna Noor, Nissara Abbasi, Sajida Gillani, Ghazala Ashraf, Uzma Sheeren and others.
The Prime Minister said women enjoy equal rights in Azad Kashmir and contributing their services in almost all sectors.
He said women are being imparted courses in different skills under Technical Education and Vocational Trainings (TEVTA) and Women Development in order to make them economically stable.
Raja Farooq Haider said the government is paying full attention to enhance female literacy ratio in the state.
He lauded the role of women in Kashmir liberation movement and said that Kashmiris women are rendering matchless sacrifices, standing shoulder to shoulder with their men for their fundamental right to self determination.
The Prime Minister asked women folks on this side of Cease Fire Line (CFL) to raise voice for the oppressed people of Indian Occupied Kashmir and play their role in highlighting Indian atrocities through whatever available media.
He said PML-N women have always supported party’s stance and stand by it in difficult time.
Raja Farooq Haider assured the delegation that all genuine problems of the women would be addressed on priority.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Farooq Haider visited the shrine of Sain Saheli Sarkar and inspected different parts of the shrine.
He also donated cattle heads as charity and prayed for the success of Kashmir liberation struggle, Kashmiri and Pakistani martyrs and progress and development of the country.
Ministers Barrister Iftikhar Gillani, Raja Abdul Qayyume Khan, Raja Muhammad Siddique Khan, Ahmed Raza Qadri, Shoukat Ali Shah, Dr. Mustafa Basheer and Chairman Zakkat Council Sahibzada Saleem Chishti were also present on the occasion.