80 Lakh Girls Out of School in Punjab While Maryam Nawaz Travels to London on an 11 Billion Rupee Plane for Her Daughter’s Graduation — Hafiz Naeemur Rehman
Lahore (Qudrat Daily): Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Ameer Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has said that in the country’s current system, people do not have access to the basic rights of education, health, livelihood, and peace and security. In Punjab, 80 lakh girls are out of school, and in this situation, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz boarded an 11 billion rupee plane and departed for London to attend her daughter’s graduation ceremony. Questioning her is the people’s right, and struggling for the change of such an outdated system is also obligatory upon the nation. Women should also support Jamaat-e-Islami in the struggle for system change.
He expressed these views while addressing on the occasion of a visit to the Khadija-tul-Kubra Exhibition titled “Hamara Hunar, Hamari Pehchaan” (Our Skill, Our Identity) organized by the Pakistan International Business Forum.
Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan’s Women’s Wing Dr. Humaira Tariq, other Jamaat leaders Samina Saeed, Uzma Imran, Senior Vice President (PIBF) Anila Mahmood, Senior Vice President Lahore Chamber of Commerce Mrs. Shaheen, other women, and President Pakistan International Business Forum Lahore Abdul Wadood Alvi and Secretary General Pakistan International Business Forum Tanveer Ijaz also addressed the event.
Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said that ensuring the protection of working women is the government’s primary responsibility and the country’s most important need. If society is formed according to the true principles of Islam, women will have all facilities and rights available while staying at home.
Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said that Jamaat-e-Islami, along with the struggle for system change, is also lighting its own lamp, and an example of this is the Bano Qabil program, in which registration of 16 lakh boys and girls has been completed. Four hundred Bano Qabil campuses exist across the country, and this program is proving especially helpful for girls in starting small businesses. In this program, girls’ registration is 32 percent while the pass rate is 47 percent, which is a clear example of their seriousness and intelligence.
The Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer said that given the conditions in the country, middle-class women are also having to work. If the state fulfills its responsibility, many women would not be forced to work but could devote all their attention to the best upbringing of children and the formation of the nation. However, in the current circumstances, it has become necessary for many women to take up employment, start small businesses, and strive for livelihood resources. Our religion also does not prohibit women from working in a dignified manner; however, many individuals in society try to create division by initiating unnecessary debates. Through this division, powerful classes become more powerful. Elements creating division should join the struggle for system change so that an Islamic society can be formed in which women have protection and the people have access to all basic facilities.
Hafiz Naeemur Rehman congratulated the Pakistan Business Forum for providing training for the start of dignified employment for women and said that along with urban women, encouragement for small businesses should also begin in rural areas. He said that crores of women in the country do labor, work in people’s homes, and they should receive all rights according to the law. He said that we are proud of our religion, which gives women all rights; acquiring education is obligatory upon every Muslim man and woman. The Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer visited the various stalls set up at the exhibition on this occasion and appreciated the skills of women.
