ICCI for women empowerment for sustainable economic growth.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Wednesday celebrated the International Women's Day to highlight the role of women in the economic development of the country.

Honorary President ICCI Parveen Khan Durrani, chaired the event and the theme of the event was 'Empowered Women - Progressive Nation', said a press release issued here.

She was made Honorary President of ICCI for one day in commensurate with the importance of International Women's Day.

Speaking at the occasion, Parveen Khan Durrani said that women account for half of our total population but only 20 percent of them are participating in the formal economy, which shows that Pakistan is not utilizing the talent of 80 percent women to promote its formal economy.

She stressed that the government should take strong measures to bring them into the mainstream of economy for their empowerment that would ensure the sustainable economic growth of the country.

She said that empowered women would pave the...

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