KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday appreciated Sindh government’s decision to increase women quota in government jobs from 5% to 15%, ordered through a notification on the International Women Day.
In a statement, the PPP chairman said that the increase in women quota has set precedence in Party’s quest for women empowerment and. “In every sphere of life, the role of women will be made more effective by giving them a society where they are treated as equal partners in progress,” he added.
Bilawal Bhutto stressed that media should highlight the steps being taken by Sindh government for the improvement of different segments of our society having designed for far-reaching positive effects on the future.
PPP chairman vowed that PPP would increase women quota in Federal government and Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provincial governments, whenever it came to power.
He also directed the Sindh government to put a smooth mechanism in place for implementation of women quota.
