Dr Zahid Anwar Khan (Educationist):

Empowerment of women is top-most priority of the government. So, the government has undertaken a large number of initiatives. These initiatives are of vital significance because of the fact that women make almost 50% of our population, so depriving them from the education will be tantamount to depriving half of our population from education. The International Conference on Female Education is also one of these initiatives. It is essential to impart quality education to our women to enable them fully participate in the national development. Our religion is not a hurdle in the way of female education but vested interests of some elements are main hurdles in this regard. Pakistan is a model country for other regional countries as it has taken many steps for the empowerment of women.