CM appreciates women role in country’s development

LAHORE, Oct 14 (APP):Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman
Buzdar has said that rural women of Pakistan are very hard-
working and the role of women in development of the rural
economy was appreciable.
In his message on the International Day of Protection of
Rights of Rural Women, issued here on Sunday, he said that
rural women work side by side with men in the agricultural
economy.
He said that the role of women in sustainable development
of agricultural sector can’t be ignored and added that the
government would take all measure to protect the rights of
rural women.
The New Pakistan would provide due rights to rural women,
he said and added that women living in villages were deprived
of legal, economic and social facilities.
He said that measures for improving the condition of
rural women were a responsibility of the government and the
role of non-governmental organisations was also important for
the purpose.
We have to reassure the commitment that effective measures
would be taken to provide rural women with their rights