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Pakistan is the first Muslim country to elect a woman (Benazir Bhutto) as a Head of Government. Women are well represented in politics and in many upper-middle-class professions. Nevertheless, within Pakistan, there are wide diversities and divergences between provinces and territories, and between urban/metropolitan areas and remote rural localities. The complexity of these is daunting. A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) (sometimes also pronounced Moslem) is an adherent of Islam. ...
Benazir Bhutto at a Pakistan Peoples Party event in Newark, CA, 28 September 2004. ...
The head of government is the leader of the government or cabinet. ...
While Pakistani women continue to struggle for advancement, they have made strides by a number of measures. Among these are the rising numbers of women in well-paid professional occupations, increased activism by feminist groups, and a recent rapid reduction in the number of children per woman. Women in Pakistan have progressed in various fields of life such as politics, education, economy, services, health and many more. The Pakistani women of today enjoy a better status than most Islamic and Middle Eastern women. Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ...
Pakistan is the only country to have a Female Major-General in the army; Pakistan is the only Muslim country to have women fighter pilots in its Air Force/Military; Pakistan fares much better then all its neighbors, many Western European countries and the USA, when it comes to women's representation in the Parliament and local governments; a MINIMUM of 33% seats have to be occupied by women, by law. Pakistani women have always played a very important part in its society. Asma Jehangir, the human rights activist is a great Pakistani woman. Nowadays, you see Pakistani women excelling in all facets of life; they are in the police, in the Commando unit of the police and security forces, they lead corporations (e.g. Unilever Pakistan,) they are respected journalists etc.
There are many good role models to young girls on various Pakistani Television channels who are females, such as singers and talented actresses in Pakistani TV dramas. Role model refers to a person who fills his or her role as a good or bad example for others. ...
Yet much more remains to be done in terms of equal rights and protection as well as amendments to biased and defunct Hudood Laws.
References - No Shame for the Sun: Lives of Professional Pakistani Women by Shahla Haeri [ISBN 0815629796]
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