LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Women Development Ashfa Riaz Fatyana has said that girls’ education is very essential to control the growing population as it helps in giving socio-economic strength to women.
In her message on Thursday in connection with the World Population Day, Ashfa Riaz Fatyana said that male members in the family should give confidence to their female family members through education and ensure protection of their rights.
She insist that the female members of the family should also be given their share in inheritance according to law and Shariah.
Unfortunatly no attention was given to unchecked population growth in the past and that is why, the population explosion has become a major social challenge today, she added.
Ashfa Riaz said that the healthy societies are formed through healthy citizens enjoying good quality of life; otherwise, the societies give the impression of a disorderly mob.
We should keep our family size according to resources so that the children could get proper education and emerge as useful organ of the society, she maintained.
The Minister Women Development appealed the people to give education to their girls so that they play their role in the national development and the country could be rich and prosper.(INP).
