Girl power: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf women wing talks future plans

Aims to educate them about their duties as political leaders

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s women wing arranged two separate conventions in the city to prepare its members for the upcoming women’s intra-party election.

The first programme was arranged by PTI Peshawar women wing President Rabia Basri and held at her residence with central leader Fauzia Kasuri as chief guest. The second programme was arranged by party worker Muneeza Hassan with the chief minister’s wife Amara Khattak as guest of honour. Elected party members from different districts participated in these programmes.

Muneeza said the active participation of women from across K-P showed they take interest in politics and are willing to speak up for their peers everywhere.

Special Assistant to CM on Social Welfare Meher Taj Roghani said though many people think women in K-P do not take part in the country’s political affairs, this gathering showed they are taking charge of their situation on the political, economic and social fronts. She assured the women that their active participation in politics would result in a brighter future.

Also present at the convention was MNA Nafeesa Khattak, who said the district and town councillors would be sent to Islamabad for training.

These individuals would subsequently train other councillors who in turn would do the same for local leaders at the union
council level.

PTI Women’s Wing President Dr Munazza Hassan also addressed the participants and urged them to resolve issues women face in their respective areas. She said a real change in the country cannot come just by winning elections. “That is not the sole aim of PTI,”
she said.

“Such conventions would be organised regularly in the future so that the women wing can be strengthened to take charge of problems on the grassroots level,” Munazza added. She also lauded the role of women party workers in the PTI protests against the alleged rigging in the 2013 general elections.

Besides the newly elected women members of PTI, the convention was also attended by PTI Women Wing Senior Vice President Noreen Ibrahim and other parliamentarians of the party.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 6^th, 2015.