KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that his government and party has always given due quota to women and have empowered them by bringing them in assemblies, banks, judiciary, police and also gave them land to make them landladies and self-sufficient.
This he said while addressing a reception he hosted for a 14-member visiting parliamentary delegation of three provincial assemblies of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab here at the CM House, said a statement on Tuesday.
The reception was attended by Speaker Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj Durani, Deputy Speaker Shehla Raza, Senior Minister Nisar Khuhro, parliamentary leaders of PML-F Nand Kumar, Imtiaz Shaikh, Hamyoon Khan and Haji Shafi Jamote of PML-N and Hafizu Rehman of PTI and various other MPAs and provincial Ministers.
Nisar Khuhro hosting the programme chose to invite women parliamentarians to address the function.
The visiting guests who spoke on the occasion included Balochistan ANP MPA Dr Shama, KPK PTI MPA Amina and Merry Gill of PML-N MPA of Punjab.
They all lauded the hospitality of Sindh government and said that they were feeling Karachi as their second home. "You have restored law and order and have restored the public confidence," they remarked.
They also said that it was the beauty of the Sindh government that all the MPAs irrespective of their political affiliations are sitting together.
"The minorities have also been given due share and women also enjoying respect and dignity," they said and added that they were taking a good message to their respective provinces.
Nisar Khuhro said that since women MPAs from other provinces have addressed the gathering, therefore he invited MPA Sharmila Farooqui to address the gathering.
PML-F parliamentary leader Nand Lal thanked the chief minister for inviting him in the reception and lauded the speaker and deputy speaker for giving him special discount in taking part in the parliamentary debates.
The CM Sindh said that Nisar Khuhro has launched a women empowerment debate, but his government has already given lot of powers to women.
Similarly, minorities are being given same importance as majority communities.
He presented shals, ajraks and Sindhi caps to the visiting guests.
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