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However, they do call for a measure of political will that has not been on display as both civilian leaders and military dictators have shied away from the tough decisions needed to haul Pakistan into the 21st century.</p> <p>If we examine successful nations even cursorily, we see a number of common factors. The rule of law is one essential ingredient: societies do not progress when privileged members are above the law, while the vast majority suffers from injustice inflicted by the state. In these countries, resources are unequally allocated, with the powerful getting a bigger share of the pie. </p> <p><em>Also read: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://herald.dawn.com/news/1398524">How empowering women can boost our declining economy</a></em></p> <p>But the single most crucial key to progress is the education and empowerment of girls and women. Virtually every society that has prospered has done so because its women participate in the economy. And to make a meaningful contribution, they have to be educated and trained. </p> <blockquote> <p>The most crucial key to progress is women’s empowerment. </p> </blockquote> <p>In the Global Gender Gap Report (2017) prepared by the World Economic Forum, four of the top five countries for women’s participation are, unsurprisingly, Scandinavian. And <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/news/1452284">143rd out of the 144 countries</a> in the survey is, again unsurprisingly, Pakistan. Factors included in this report are economic participation and opportunity; educational attainment, health and survival; and political empowerment.</p> <p>Just where women stand in Pakistani society was illustrated recently when a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/news/1458323">women’s bicycle rally was cancelled</a> in Peshawar because of a threat from religious parties who said the event would ‘spread obscenity’. Considering that millions of females bicycle around the world without being threatened by clerics, we seem to have reached a new low.</p> <p>And yet many of their sisters in other parts of South Asia use scooters and bicycles without a second thought. In fact, given the paucity of public transport, they have no other choice.</p> <p>By blocking educational and job opportunities for women, Pakistan is inflicting huge economic damage on itself. According to the UN, if other developed (OECD) countries could attain Swedish women’s level of economic participation, they would see their annual GDP rise by a whopping $6 trillion. I am not aware if economists have calculated how much Pakistan loses annually because of our stone-age attitude towards women, but it must be a significant amount.</p> <p><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/news/1411494">Closing gender gap to boost Pakistan’s GDP by 30pc: IMF study</a></em></p> <p>Other Muslim countries have seen their economies grow as women’s participation has increased. Bangladesh, Malaysia, Iran, Indonesia and Turkey are good examples of Muslim nations where women have been empowered through education. Yet none of them think their faith is being threatened, unlike our clerics for whom any social progress represents a danger to our beliefs. It would seem they consider their faith to be stronger than that of their counterparts in other Muslim countries. </p> <p>Another benefit of educating girls is that almost invariably they marry and bear children later in life. For a country where runaway population growth is causing huge economic and social problems, this is a positive outcome. Countries across the world have seen their population growth fall as more women go to university and enter the job market. </p> <p><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/news/1445159">'Shall I feed my daughter or educate her?': The abysmal state of girls' education in Pakistan</a></em></p> <p>Sadly, our clerics take the view that any effort to slow down our population growth is part of a Western plot against Muslims. Politicians and the media have done little to counter this ignorant view.</p> <p>Ultimately, the struggle for women’s rights is a political one. In many countries, women entered the formal job market because of labour shortages caused by war. From this beginning, the struggle for political emancipation began until women won the battle for equal rights. Of course, gender-based disparities remain, but civilised societies no longer question the right of women to equal opportunities.</p> <p>While a decent education remains restricted to the privileged few, both boys and girls from the average Pakistani family only have access to our awful state schools — if they are lucky. Given the paucity of places due to underfunding, many children are sent to madressahs where they study the scriptures by rote, but little else. Girls are at a special disadvantage in state schools because few of these have working toilets and running water.</p> <p>By blocking the entry of virtually half our population from the workplace, we reduce our talent pool by 50 per cent. Even the majority of the remaining is too poorly educated to effectively contribute to a complex economy. Given these realities, it is easy to see why we languish at the bottom of most global economic and social indices. </p> <p>Many Pakistanis accept these anti-women attitudes as, according to them, they are rooted in our culture and religion. But surely poverty and ignorance are not. So next time you wonder why Pakistan is so backward, look no further than the position of women in our society. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/http://gmail.com/">irfan.husain@gmail.com</a></strong></p> <p><em>Published in Dawn, January 26th, 2019</em></p> </div> </div>   <div class="template__footer clearfix modifier--open px-1 "> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-11"> <div class="ml-0 ml-sm-6 px-0 px-sm-2"> <hr> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6"> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6"> <div class="mt-2 mt-sm-0 clearfix float-left sm-float-right">  <div class="social social--icon social--black social--flat social--facebook social--count float-left mr-1 "> <a onclick="return !window.open(this.href, 'Share on Facebook', 'width=640, height=536')" rel="noreferrer" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dawn.com%2Fnews%2F1459877&display=popup&ref=plugin" target="_blank"><span style="clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); 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col-sm-10 col-12"> <h1 class="comments__label font--playfair-display size-seven font-bold">Comments (42) Closed</h1> <div class="button-container border--top"> <button type="button" class="button js-comments-sort-votes size-four font--playfair-display py-2 px-3 outline-none border-0 border-l bg-white bg-image-none float-right">Popular</button> <button type="button" class="button js-comments-sort-date--new size-four font--playfair-display py-2 px-3 outline-none border-0 border-l bg-white bg-image-none float-right">Newest</button> <button type="button" disabled="disabled" class="button js-comments-sort-date size-four font--playfair-display py-2 px-3 outline-none border-0 border-l bg-white bg-image-none float-right">Oldest</button> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6671959" data-id="1"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Khaled</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T07:39:24+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T07:39:24+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 07:39am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Very true</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6671959">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6671959">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6671985" data-id="2"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">brr</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T07:55:44+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T07:55:44+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 07:55am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>The writer makes a great observation : "Yet none of them think their faith is being threatened, unlike our clerics for whom any social progress represents a danger to our beliefs."</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6671985">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6671985">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672028" data-id="3"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Alba</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T08:16:59+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T08:16:59+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 08:16am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>" The most crucial key to progress is women’s empowerment. " _ No argument from me.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672028">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672028">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672043" data-id="4"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Irshad</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T08:24:14+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T08:24:14+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 08:24am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Yup! One of the reasons.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672043">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672043">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672044" data-id="5"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Vineeth</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T08:25:02+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T08:25:02+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 08:25am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Women of all ages from young to old, and wearing all kinds of attire from salwar and saree to jeans speeding away in scooters is such a common sight in Indian roads that I find it hard to believe it is such a rarity in Pakistan. Even in those cases the question is discussed, the images splashed across is of a few Pakistani women on geared motorcycles that are a hassle to ride in the typical bumper-to-bumper traffic of city roads and have a longer learning curve, while ungeared scooters are a lot more convenient for men and women alike.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672044">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672044">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672080" data-id="6"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Lkmohan</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T08:40:41+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T08:40:41+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 08:40am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Imran khans pti govt could do something for girls to stand on their feet. Provide job opportunities for them. make some kotas or reservations for girls, women. If the girls comes in to the job market naturally countries economy will grows.again author choses good subject. Kudos to irfa n Hussain sir. We are enjoying your article's.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672080">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672080">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672122" data-id="7"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Shiva</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T08:58:39+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T08:58:39+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 08:58am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Nice article</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672122">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672122">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672124" data-id="8"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Mohan </div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T08:59:20+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T08:59:20+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 08:59am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>It's a pleasure to read your articles. Those who always shout "Give solutions" know what these are, yet themselves don't want the government to implement these. They prefer to blame the previous governments and (even after seven decades) the West, forgetting that most countries once under colonialists have overtaken Pakistan.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672124">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672124">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672140" data-id="9"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Masterstroke</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T09:08:20+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T09:08:20+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 09:08am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>A woman joining job market will look after her family, her children needs like education, cloths,foods etc is good for economy and nation. So we must encourage women to participate in education and jobs. Good examples are Bangladesh and India where girls and women ride motor cycle without any fear.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672140">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672140">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672156" data-id="10"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">kamal</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T09:18:17+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T09:18:17+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 09:18am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>You are 100% right.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672156">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672156">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672183" data-id="11"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Feroz</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T09:30:50+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T09:30:50+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 09:30am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>A very important point omitted is political participation. How many women form humble non political background have made it to Parliament, Assemblies or gone on to lead political parties --- precious few if not none. Even today many women are not even allowed to cast their vote, a severe blow to women's emancipation. When there is nothing in Islam to deprive women of their rights or freedom, how did gender bias creep in. Fully agree that educated working women who are empowered can propel a country and its GDP.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672183">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672183">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672208" data-id="12"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Vineeth</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T09:42:43+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T09:42:43+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 09:42am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Having been accostumed to the common sight of young and old women in all kinds of attires from saree, salwar, jeans or abayas riding scooters in Indian roads, I am rather surprised that the question of women riding two-wheelers is such a big deal across the border.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672208">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672208">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672227" data-id="13"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Farhan</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T09:49:09+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T09:49:09+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 09:49am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>*prevent</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672227">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672227">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672279" data-id="14"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Bakhtawer Bilal</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T10:06:40+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T10:06:40+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 10:06am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>You have rightly pointed out the forces actively involved in keeping the women away from progressing by being an active member of society. When it comes to education and job opportunities, unfortunately, male relatives are more of a problem, then the resources. We certainly need to change the mind set.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672279">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672279">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672289" data-id="15"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">M Khan</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T10:11:22+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T10:11:22+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 10:11am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>You should thank Ziaul Haq for that.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672289">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672289">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672316" data-id="16"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Parvez </div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T10:20:55+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T10:20:55+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 10:20am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Brilliant ..... every word true and sensible. Now let's hope someone with sense in Islamabad reads this and is willing to do something to improve matters.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672316">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672316">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672358" data-id="17"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Jawaid</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T10:32:53+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T10:32:53+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 10:32am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Most of the clerics are literally ignorant and want people to remain under constant fears. Women empowerment is a direct clash with their interests and they will never allow it.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672358">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672358">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672531" data-id="18"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Ujla sitara</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T11:38:07+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T11:38:07+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 11:38am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>I always wait for the article from you sir. It's always a delight to read articles written by you. It also helps to introspect what is wrong in the society and ideas to fix them. Please keep writing and stay safe.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672531">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672531">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672636" data-id="19"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">jagmohan trivedi</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T12:24:15+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T12:24:15+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 12:24pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>It is widely acknowledged home is the first school and mother is the first teacher.Thus education of girls is the first step for any country to progress and more so as highlighted by the author here in the given situation in the country.An educated society will take care of conservative elements and eventually obstructive forces in the society will wither away.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672636">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672636">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672674" data-id="20"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Syed najeeb Ullah</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T12:38:51+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T12:38:51+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 12:38pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Though women empowerment is indispensable for a society to grow and flourish but this cant alone be the reason of a langushing society.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672674">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672674">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672891" data-id="21"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">UDAYA BOSE</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T14:18:36+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T14:18:36+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 02:18pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@Jawaid, </p> <p>"Most of the clerics are literally ignorant and want people to remain under constant fears. Women empowerment is a direct clash with their interests and they will never allow it." The question is who are they to "allow" or "not allow"?</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672891">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672891">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6672931" data-id="22"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Shruti</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T14:33:40+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T14:33:40+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 02:33pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>You cannot change the mindset of Mullahs and Maulvis, who are dead against women empowerment.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672931">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6672931">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6673009" data-id="23"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Nasir Soomro </div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T15:09:47+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T15:09:47+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 03:09pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Always inspiring to read your stuff.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6673009">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6673009">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6673230" data-id="24"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">anwar imdad</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T16:22:18+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T16:22:18+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 04:22pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>I fully agree with the author. Pakistani establishment has deliberately kept girls uneducated in particular and masses in general. This is how they rule and plunder resources.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6673230">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6673230">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6673243" data-id="25"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Junaid</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T16:24:31+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T16:24:31+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 04:24pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>I think it is not the clerics alone but we as a society too feel in uncharted waters if women are at the helm.It is more of a social issue.We are a young nation, society too is learning.These are times of change and we shall have to face these debates more often in times to come.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6673243">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6673243">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6673309" data-id="26"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">TOUQEER HUSSAIN</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T16:46:21+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T16:46:21+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 04:46pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>great job</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6673309">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6673309">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6673321" data-id="27"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">abid</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T16:52:03+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T16:52:03+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 04:52pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>There many other big reasons.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6673321">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6673321">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6673382" data-id="28"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">M. Emad</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T17:18:47+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T17:18:47+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 05:18pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Bangladesh sets example for the world in gender equality and women's empowerment in the past decade ---- girls’ enrollment rate in 2018 at the primary schools is 99.4%, about 2.7 million girls are receiving stipend at the secondary and higher secondary levels.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6673382">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6673382">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6674270" data-id="29"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">ashar</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-26T23:22:09+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-26T23:22:09+05:00">Jan 26, 2019 11:22pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Policy Article.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6674270">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6674270">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6674391" data-id="30"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">An Avid DAWN reader</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-27T00:45:48+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-27T00:45:48+05:00">Jan 27, 2019 12:45am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Excellent point "The most crucial key to progress is women’s empowerment".</p> <p>Not possible without changing the mindset and attitude to achieve successful progress.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer 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change.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6674522">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6674522">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6674533" data-id="32"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Steve lomas</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-27T02:32:55+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-27T02:32:55+05:00">Jan 27, 2019 02:32am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@abid, what are they?</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6674533">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6674533">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6674574" data-id="33"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Shakil Rai</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-27T02:48:01+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-27T02:48:01+05:00">Jan 27, 2019 02:48am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Women's education and empowerment is a laudable objective to be pursued in Pakistan. I shall be grateful if I could know what role model should I present to my daughters and grand daughters in Pakistan. From the valiant and strong women like Fatima Jinnah to Benazir Bhutto, to Kulsoom Nawaz, to the fully veiled and spiritually empowered first lady of today? Instead of progressing on this issue we are going backward, I am afraid.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6674574">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6674574">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6674602" data-id="34"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Amjad Durrani Engineer USA. </div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-27T03:04:53+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-27T03:04:53+05:00">Jan 27, 2019 03:04am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Famous saying that ignorance is a bliss but the question remains for the exploiters or the exploited? </p> <p>We remain in 143 rd place not entirely due to cultural taboos but those 87 M of our burgeoning population who remaining ilitterates, adding on due to high population growth of 2.6%, lack of investment in education sector by both public & private sector due to veracity of causes & highly conservative syllabus grooming children with a particular hostile mindset towards giving any space towards our women emancipation.</p> <p>Notwithstanding, tall claims of the previous as well present govt. we remain hostage to rising ultraconvertism in the society, becoming a prominent feature during past few decades, which for all practical purposes, exposes our female population to the universally applied taboo of honor. </p> <p>Unless a multifaceted efforts approach to educate those 25 M out of school children, circumventing population growth & healthy changes in syllabus, are not made, no change will occur.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6674602">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6674602">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6674719" data-id="35"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Common Sense</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-27T05:03:05+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-27T05:03:05+05:00">Jan 27, 2019 05:03am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Wasn't the late PM Benazir Bhutto empowered Which world are living in, sir?</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6674719">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6674719">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6674798" data-id="36"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">KenSAM59</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-27T06:05:08+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-27T06:05:08+05:00">Jan 27, 2019 06:05am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Great article. Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany, realized that education of women was vital to a country and he thought it was just for the raising the next generation of men and that a century and half ago. What is/was wrong with the rest of the world?</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6674798">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6674798">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6675186" data-id="37"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">fairplay</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-27T10:03:10+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-27T10:03:10+05:00">Jan 27, 2019 10:03am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@M. Emad, good example for us to folliw, thanks.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6675186">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6675186">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6675274" data-id="38"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">suma</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-27T10:43:21+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-27T10:43:21+05:00">Jan 27, 2019 10:43am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Even the majority of the remaining is too poorly educated to effectively contribute to a complex economy.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6675274">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6675274">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6675481" data-id="39"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Mistri</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-27T12:15:34+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-27T12:15:34+05:00">Jan 27, 2019 12:15pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>While I am all for women joining the work force, What happens when working women come home late for work amongst the lower strate of society gets beaten and abused..requirement is of an enabling environment where she can work..sometimes this dilemma is faced by other women as well</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6675481">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6675481">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6677292" data-id="40"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Bharat</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-28T01:48:28+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-28T01:48:28+05:00">Jan 28, 2019 01:48am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>This needs to be said. Education levels of Pakistanis in the U.K. are th lowest of any group living there And this is the case for Turkish people living in Germany. The reason is that girls are not allowed higher education. By their own families !!</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6677292">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6677292">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6679015" data-id="41"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">gobardhan</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-28T17:55:45+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-28T17:55:45+05:00">Jan 28, 2019 05:55pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@Bharat, Pakistanis are more interested to earn cash by driving cabs and get benefits also. They are also the most mentally backward people, worse than Somalis.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6679015">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6679015">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6679566" data-id="42"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Shahzad</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-28T21:46:01+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-28T21:46:01+05:00">Jan 28, 2019 09:46pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Awesome read.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6679566">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1459877/up-6679566">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div>  </article> </div> </div> </main> <aside class="pb-4">  <section class="widget theme widget-adsense modifywidget--border-off modifywidget--transparent" data-type="adsense" data-id="1220"> <div class="widget__header "> </div> <div 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class="clearfix"></div>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478907" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478907/vaccines-work" class="story__link">Vaccines work </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">There are a series of interlinked reasons for the disparity in coverage. </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> <div class=" slideshow--list px-0 col-sm-8 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478905" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478905/employment-for-all"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cc4dab7bb8bd.jpg" alt="Employment for all"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478905" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478905/employment-for-all" class="story__link">Employment for all </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/authors/8201/asad-zaman">Asad Zaman</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">We must create jobs tailored to the people. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478904" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478904/a-long-term-forest-policy"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cc4da0edeab7.jpg" alt="A long-term forest policy"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478904" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478904/a-long-term-forest-policy" class="story__link">A long-term forest policy </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/authors/8443/haseeb-ahmed">Haseeb Ahmed</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Forest conservation should feature prominently in our scientific and political discourse. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478902" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478902/bri-a-historic-opportunity"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cc4d90c8590d.jpg" alt="BRI: a historic opportunity"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478902" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478902/bri-a-historic-opportunity" class="story__link">BRI: a historic opportunity </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/authors/368/munir-akram">Munir Akram</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Not one of America’s Asian allies has the stomach to confront China, their largest trading partner. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:24%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478675" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478675/bombs-backlash"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cc3ab42ad1ba.jpg" alt="Bombs &amp; backlash"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478675" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478675/bombs-backlash" class="story__link">Bombs & backlash </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/authors/271/irfan-husain">Irfan Husain</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">There is no history of discord between Sri Lankan Muslims and Christians. </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> </div> <div class="border-3 border-r-0 border-b-0 border-l-0 border-solid border-black mx-sm-2 mx-0"> <h3 class="my-2"><a class="font--playfair-display size-nine leading-tight text-black-light" href="/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/opinion">Editorial</a></h3> <div class=" slideshow--list mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter 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By all... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478899" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> April 28, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478899" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478899/hiv-cases" class="story__link">HIV cases </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">IN a shocking development, 18 new HIV-positive cases were detected by the Sindh AIDS Control Programme during... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478898" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial ">April 28, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478898" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478898/pre-ramazan-prices" class="story__link">Pre-Ramazan prices </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">WITH Ramazan round the corner, the mercenary and cynical characteristics that can often motivate traders’ dealings... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478671" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial ">April 27, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478671" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478671/polio-tragedy" class="story__link">Polio tragedy </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">IT started with a rumour. As province-wide anti-polio efforts were under way in KP, around 75 students from a school... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="4" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478670" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial ">April 27, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478670" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478670/pm-on-afghanistan" class="story__link">PM on Afghanistan </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">SHARING a border as well as cultural ties, it is unfortunate that Afghanistan and Pakistan should have strained... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="5" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478669" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial ">April 27, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478669" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428183911/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478669/punjabs-centres-of-power" class="story__link">Punjab’s centres of power </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">FROM Shahbaz Sharif to Usman Buzdar — it has been quite a journey for Pakistan’s largest province, especially... </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> </div> <div class="px-2">  <div class="ad py-4 block sm-hidden" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="ad__label " style="max-width:320px;">Advertisement</div> <div class="js-ad clearfix" style="max-width:320px;max-height:100px;text-align:center;margin:0 auto;overflow:hidden;"> <div class="radWrapper rad--multi ad__wrapper"> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1539321627240-0" class="ad__wrapper__slot" style="width:320px;height:100px;"> <script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1539321627240-0'); 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