PM announces 10 pc quota for women in CSS
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday announced establishment of the Office of Women’s Ombudsman, 10% quota for females in CSS and conversion of Youth Development Centres into Working Women Hostels.
Addressing a function on the occasion of International Women’s Day here at the Convention Centre, Prime Minister Gilani said the government had initiated a number of measures for the empowerment of women.
He said the National Commission on Status of Women (NCSW) would be given total administrative and financial autonomy and the government had decided to strengthen the First Women Bank to promote economic empowerment of women.
The Prime Minister said the present democratic government had an unflinching commitment to the cause of gender equality and was fully cognizant of the existing critical issues and problems being faced by the women in domestic and national life.
He said, “The Pakistan People’s Party manifesto gives high priority to empowerment of women to ensure equal rights through economic, social, legal and political measures.”
“Now the laws have been enacted for the protection of women. I have directed all concerned to implement these in letter and spirit,” he added.
Gilani said the government was taking forward the legacy of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and striving to implement her vision and plans, left unfulfilled due to her untimely martyrdom.
