Women’s Empowerment: Danish minister seeks Pakistan’s input

Adds Pakistan is one of our strong partner countries and is a country with many opportunities.

ISLAMABAD: A Danish minister has said that his country wants to invite Pakistan for its suggestions and comments on revising the Danish Global Development Strategy, which aims to empower oppressed segments of the society. With the recent change of government in Denmark, the minister for development cooperation, Christian F Bach, is in the process of revising the country’s global development strategy, calling for more focus on citizen’s empowerment and poverty reduction. “Pakistan is one of our strong partner countries and is a country with many opportunities. I would want to invite Pakistan to give their comments and contributions in the coming months, during which we will be revising our strategies for sustainable development,” Bach said according to a press release issued by the Danish embassy in Islamabad.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 17^th, 2012.