KP CM asks women lawmakers to avoid suggesting about development schemes

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What a misogynistic moron. I hope women remember this when they next go to vote for PTI.

Women lawmakers asked to avoid suggesting on development schemes

PESHAWAR- Women MPAs have no concern with development schemes such as construction and the paving of streets, and should refrain from doing tasks which fall under the duties of male MPAs and government departments, said Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak.

According to an official handout, the CM asked female MPAs to avoid suggesting such high-risk schemes, which could potentially result in the wastage of capital. These views were expressed by Khattak on Sunday while addressing a delegation of female legislators at the CM Secretariat.

The handout further states the CM urged Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s female lawmakers to play a prominent role in guaranteeing the implementation of the party’s agenda of change.

“In addition to legislation oriented towards the welfare of women and ensuring their rights, female MPAs should also suggest projects that would directly benefit women and create employment. The PTI government is also willing to provide funds and loans to women for
economic activities,” said Khattak.

The chief minister added the need of the hour was for women from both rural and urban areas to participate in economic activities at par with men so as to alleviate poverty and to earn a livelihood for themselves and their families.

“Through imparting different skills including computer courses, sewing, tailoring, embroidery, flower making, cooking, rearing livestock, keeping bees, silk worms and other skills, employment opportunities can be created for women,” the handout quoted Khattak as saying. The provincial government will extend its full assistance to female MPAs for this purpose, said the CM.

Khattak instructed the MPAs to seek out widows and impoverished women in their surroundings who cannot afford to have two meals in a day. “Our legislators should formulate welfare schemes for such women to enable them to stand on their own feet,” Khattak said. Agreeing with the CM, the lawmakers pledged to begin planning such activities immediately.

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Everyone in PTI is suffering from the same problem — miscommunication.

You can put me to sword, but frankly speaking, I do not see any problem in his statement but a glaring failure to properly package and present his viewpoint. He did not belittle women’s role in politics nor did he try to marginalize them in national politics. He wanted the women MPAs to specifically focus on a subject which mostly remains unattended — well-being of women. Being women themselves, the female MPAs are better-placed to understand and highlight the plight of their own clan and specifically work for their betterment.

It’s more about assigning duties for specific subjects than an issue of misogynistic or misandry.

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There have been a few instances where Khattak has proven himself to be not much different from Taliban or Samiul Haq or Fazlur. Here he can't see women beyond their gender. He can't fathom them as individuals who are no less of human beings than any man.

Earlier he totally ignored the death of that brave son of KPK who saved lives of many children by stopping a suicide bomber. Only reason for his callous behavior at that time appears to be the sect of the boy. Khattak did not even discuss it in the provincial assembly when the whole world was throwing accolades for his courage.

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Another angle.

**KP Female MPAs meet chief minister: Khattak
for women uplift schemes, welfare legislation

Chief Minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pervez Khattak, has stressed on women MPAs of PTI to play frontline role in implementation of the party agenda for change. He also urged them to work on women welfare legislation and schemes.

He was talking to a delegation of women MPAs here in Chief Minister’s Secretariat. He urged women legislators to remain ever ready for fulfilling their duty to the best of their abilities. Provincial Minister for Information, Shah Farman was also present on the occasion.

Khattak said that past rulers instead of thinking about the public welfare made only corruption as their goal while in government He said that past rulers, against bribes made huge recruitments leaving no space for the further employment in public sector organisations.

He said that now is the need that women, from both rural and urban areas, come forward to alleviate poverty and earn fair livelihood for honourable living.

He said through imparting different skills, according to situation of their respective areas, women can be helped to earn livelihood.

Khattak said the provincial government will extend full assistance to them. However, they should avoid bringing schemes with high risk of wasting of capital

He said d they are bringing such system in the province in which supremacy of law, justice and merit will be guaranteed in all sectors and even thinking of injustice with any section will not be possible.

He said there are lots of destitute women around us the women legislators should search such women out and prepare schemes to stand them on their own feet.

The government, he said will provide support in giving them practical shape. For this purpose, he said women legislators should hold their meetings on regular basis.

The women legislators while expressing complete agreement with Chief Minister assured starting immediate work on these lines.

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