November 4, 2022 (MLN): Women play an important role in the development of any country and they have equal rights but unfortunately, these rights were misinterpreted, Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal said while speaking at19th Inter-Provincial Ministerial Group Meeting organized by National Commission on Thursday.

He further added that the planning commission has established a gender unit in the ministry in which all development projects would be planned according to principles of gender responsiveness so that the projects should not be approved without ensuring the interests of the women.

Moreover, NCSW Chairperson Nilofar Bakhtiar added that the Global Gender Gap Report states Pakistan has closed the gender gap by 56.4% but still ranks us the second lowest from the bottom.

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Posted on: 2022-11-04T10:02:56+05:00