13-07-2011  12:48:31
Women empowerment top priority of the Government
QUETTA, July 12 (APP)Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani  said on Tuesday that government is committed to granting economic empowerment to women who now constituted  fifty one per cent of the  population of Pakistan.He said this while talking to the delegation of Women Chamber of Commerce who called on him here at the Governor House.He said  Government places welfare of women  and their well-being on a list of its top priorities. 
Gilani  said that he would constitute a committee  to prepare a plan for resolving problems being faced by women entrepreneurs of Balochistan.
He said that the business women of under developed areas play a vital role in the social and economic progress of the country. 
The prime minister said he would support the women of Balochistan Chamber of Commerce during the forthcoming SAARC Conference.
Earlier Balochistan Women Chamber of Commerce apprised PM Gilani of the problems being confronted by them.