Prime Minister Gilani urges women to play their role in country’s development

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani urged the women to play their role in development of the country, saying the political will would further make the difference in the real sense by thwarting the tendencies, detrimental to the social development.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Navanthem Pillay called on Prime Minister Gilani and congratulated him on being the longest serving chief executive of the country.

Paying rich tributes to the leadership of Nelson Mandela as one of the greatest champions of human rights under whose leadership South Africa got rid of Apartheid, he observed. “I used to read about the great leader when I was in jail”.

The premier said that the government had enacted 103 amendments in the Constitution leading to the restoration of its original character, which was bitterly mutilated by the successive dictators.

He continued that the President of Pakistan himself transferred his power to the Parliament in a bid to empower the Parliament, adding now the executive powers were exercised by the cabinet members who were responsible to the Parliament.

Gilani added that there was not a single political prisoner in the country and the media and the judiciary was free and the civil society is vibrant.

The Prime Minister said that the democratic government has established National Commission on Women, passed scores of pro women legislative measures such as Anti-Women Practices Bill, and Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2010 etc, including establishment of Women Crisis Centres, Women in Distress Relief Fund and empowerment of the minorities.

“The establishment of an Independent Human Rights Commission was a big step forward in this regard. The Government has also appointed Woman Ombudsperson to deal with the cases requiring the redressal of the grievances of the women folk”, he added.

The Prime Minister referred to the human rights violation in the Indian-occupied Kashmir, adding that drone attacks were also violation of the human rights because in such strikes innocent people including children and women got killed.

The Prime Minister said that there should be fair application of the laws and steps were being taken for provision of immediate and inexpensive justice to the people at the grassroots.

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