Concerted Strategy For Women Development Programme In Balochistan Devised: Parliamentary Secretary Law.

QUETTA -- Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Dr Rubaba Khan Baledi on Friday said that a concerted strategy was being devised for technical assistance and implementation of the policy of the Women's Development Program in the province.

She was speaking as a special guest at an awareness program organised by the women development department at the University of Balochistan here.

Secretary women development department Dr Umar Babar, Deputy Secretary Jahan Ara Tabassum, director Shazia Riaz, vice chancellor University of Balochistan Dr Shafiqul Rehman were also present on the occasion.

Addressing the function, Dr Rubaba Khan said that female students in universities and colleges would be trained in information technology skills development so that they would be equipped with IT education and benefit from global development and research in all walks of life.

Dr Buledi said that the obstacles in the way of women's welfare and development would be overcome through technical assistance.

'Effective media campaign and holding of stakeholder conferences for effective implementation of women development packages could also help in achieving the targets,' she said.

'Awareness of rights and government facilities is a social responsibility of all sections of civil society and women in all senior positions need to play their part in implementing government policies for the welfare and development of poor women,' she concluded.

Meanwhile, Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI), in collaboration with Pakistan Information Commission (PIC), organized a one-day seminar on 'Right to Information, Challenges and the Way Forward' in Quetta on Wednesday to findings of RTI assessment report and generate informed debate among stakeholders about the challenges and hurdles posed in the implementation of RTI laws in Pakistan.

Aftab Alam, Consultant, CPDI,d the findings of study titled 'Assessment of Right to Information Implementation (Bureaucratic Hurdles)'. The study aims to assess the quality of implementation of the Right of Access to Information Act 2017, including major impediments such as administrative loopholes inherited in the system, lack of required resources and ability to digitize the internal reporting and evaluation systems that make PIOs answerable to the head of departments and other bureaucratic hurdles. The study highlights that Pakistan Information Commission (PIC) is facing serious challenges to implement the...