Pakistan

The Ministry of Women Development should not be devolved to provinces as its status has not been made clear in the constitution. The ministry is neither on the concurrent nor the federal list, thus it would be better if it is given to a separate division. Officials of the ministry said this during a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Women Development on Tuesday. The committee met at the Parliament House and discussed the proposed devolution of the ministry and its affects.

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday urged the country’s women to actively participate in national development.Reiterating the government’s commitment to take measures for women’s empowerment and emancipation, the Prime Minister lauded the performance of women including in parliament as very encouraging after the laws enacted by the parliament for their protection at workplace.

The draft electoral rolls of 2012 indicated a fall in the numbers of registered female voters, said the Pattan Development Organisation report on Thursday.

The report showed that compared to 2008, the number had fallen by 1,378,697 in 2012 becoming five percent lesser than that in 2008. While, on the other hand, the number of registered male voters had increased by 1,020,051. The difference between registered male voters and female voters was also a staggering figure of 12,155,339.