JI believes in women empowerment

Thousands of female students in Karachi appeared in the aptitude test for Bano Qabil Program launched by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi, offering skill-based trainings, scholarships, and advanced programs for youth in the city in the field of information technology.

The aptitude test was held at Bag-e-Jinnah in Karachi, here on Sunday evening. The participants, before the test, took an oath that they will remain loyal to the Islamic ideology and Pakistan and will play their due role for the development and progress of the country and the city and will not indulge in any activity that could bring shame to their families and their country. JI Karachi chief Engr Hafiz Naeemur Rehman administered the oath.

On the occasion, JI Karachi Engr Hafiz Naeemur Rehman announced to launch e-commerce and vocational training programs for house wives in the city. He also announced scholarships for all successful female students under the Bano Qabil program.

The JI leader said that the program was aimed at genuine women empowerment and not limited to claims. He added that the initiative was a serious contribution to the cause of women empowerment and was much more than what other political parties did for women empowerment during the past more than seven decades.

Talking about the local politics, he vowed that the JI's mayor, if elected, would ensure establishment of an IT university in the city. He also vowed to make Karachi a leading IT city in the country and the region.

He said that the JI if elected in the city would offer IT education in some 800 public schools, being run by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation. He added that the party would ensure educational scholarships for the youth of the city. He recalled that the JI leader Nematullah Khan had established 32 colleges during his tenure and had launched IT graduation program in six colleges of the city at a time when the IT sector was in its initial stages in the country.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 5^th, 2022.