Despite living in the 21st century, Pakistan still is a country which is governed by laws and norms which are of the medieval ages. Laws which do not safeguard the poor, norms which do not promote scientific education among the young people, traditions which still consider women as secondary to men. All around the world, with time women have proved that they can work with and sometimes better than men. They entered the professions where only men were expected to work and excelled.
Such extraordinary women also exist in Pakistan. They too can excel in almost all the professions. They just need to realise their potential and come forward and prove their skills. I ask the concerned authorities, and the people of this country, to stop considering women as inferior to men. Let them come forward; prove themselves so that they too can work for the betterment of this country and society.
AROOSA SHAUQAT
Lahore