Rights of women
The govt has recently announced a pragmatic policy fulfilling the basic and long cherished need to guarantee the rights of women who constitute around 50% of the population and the voters. Their contributions to the family, society, culture, economy etc. cannot be quantified and sometimes beyond comprehension too. The former president of Pakistan, Ayub Khan, promulgated the Muslim family law ordinance in 1961 and made millions of orphans and women ever grateful to him. He called the religious leaders to Islamabad and asked them politely but firmly to find out ways. They complied. Islam is not a static religion. It is a dynamic one which goes with the prevailing situation for the betterment of the people. The edicts, laws and rights bestowed on women, orphans and population as a whole in those days of “Aiyame Jaheliyat' clearly justified the above statement. We therefore urge upon the present non-political government to find out ways to ensure equal property rights for women.
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