Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani has said that Pakistan is the first Islamic country where women are working on key posts.
He was addressing a function organized to pay tribute to women parliamentarians here on Monday. He said democracy and democratic institutions are working due to the role of women and their services.
He said Benazir Bhutto Shaheed struggled against dictatorship and terrorism. He said in the era of dictatorship, restrictions were imposed on freedom of expression by banning students and trade unions.