Former CM of Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif. PHOTO: FILE
Former chief minister of Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML–N) is the most popular party among women.
The efforts of PML-N’s Punjab government for women’s rights overshadow all the work for women’s emancipation in the last 65 years, he said.
Shahbaz Sharif was addressing a group of PML – N ticket hopefuls, PML – N Women Wing members and former female parliamentarians.
He said the Punjab government’s Women Empowerment Package had received international recognition, and that this package ensured that women received their due share of family inheritance.
The former CM added that government holdings, including land and houses that were transferred to the people, made both the husband and wife equal owners, which was a step no other government in Pakistan had taken. He also said that while the PML-N government raised the women’s quota in all government organisations by 33%, those who talk about bringing change explicitly stated that they wanted to get rid of women’s reserved seats in parliament.
He said this highlights the stark contrast between how PML – N sees women as a part of Pakistan’s future in comparison to its opponents. He also claimed that this is why the PML – N enjoys more support among female voters than any other party in Pakistan. This is evidenced by the fact that the PML – N received more applications for the women’s reserved seats than any other party, he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 7th, 2013.
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@ All
I can see most of the PTI trolls burning in jealousy. Use Burnol !!!
Lols now distribute bangles to attract female to PML N same like laptops
I think he must have seen a dream, plz wake up uncle
Go to streets and ask, answer you get will make u sleepless Mr.shareef...do somthing to save image of PML N and do a bigger jalsa at minare pakistan as people start considering u 2ND force...face the reality as statements are of no use now,,with excuse to PML N SUPPORTER, but come out of dreams and face the world
@Ahmed: Exactly! I also thought it was a survey
Title could be misleading but PML(N) has never misled the women folk. The privileges given to women by PML(N) in Punjab are historical. PTI has already lost Women's final.
Totally agreed I also opened the page just to see the survey agency who has given the finding, to find its source is none other than his highness the crown prince himself.
@Grammatically correct!: the problem was with the title on the front page of ET. there were no quotes initially, just a statement that was very misleading. they've fixed it now, though it would have been better had the source been mentioned along with it e.g. "PML-N (thinks) they are the most popular party: Shahbaz Sharif", instead of writing "PML the most popular party among (their) women".
@Anonymous @3footninja Can you guys see the Quotation Marks or is it just me? You PTI supporters are becoming so predictable.
@Anonymous: that's ET for you. ET, you standard are apalling!
idiotic and foolish statements has become a trend of PMLN looters because of sprouting PTI threat ,they just have lost their minds,,whatever,vote is only for PTI
ROFL!
by women he means family women... maryam nawaz, begum nawaz, begum shahbaz etc...