Daily Times

KARACHI: An informative compact disc to spread awareness among children in order to guide them to defend themselves physically and mentally in different challenging situations was launched on Tuesday by the Sindh Women’s Parliamentary Caucus.

The ceremony was held at the Sindh Assembly’s auditorium. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and MNA Faryal Talpur was the chief guest of the event. Faryal Talpur directed the Provincial Culture Department to get the content of the CD translated into different languages and its copies distributed at grassroots level of the local government system of the province.

She also appreciated the performance of the Provincial Legislature for adopting laws for the protection of the rights and privileges of women and children. She said that Sindh Assembly’s performance had surpassed the output of all the legislatures of the country in enacting laws for the good of society.

The lawmaker said women had been performing an important role in society as well as in the arena of politics the world over. She said Pakistan had been blessed with multi-talented women belonging to different walks of life, adding that mothers should accord special attention to the upbringing and protection of their children.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister and PPP Sindh President Nisar Ahmed Khuhro appreciated the performance of the women’s parliamentary caucus, saying that the group had taken a praiseworthy step for the protection of children.

Published in Daily Times, February  22^nd 2018.