The meteoric rise of Pakistani women
(WorldNews Pakistan)

A five-star hotel was the venue of an extraordinary conference on Tuesday, the International Women Leaders´ Summit, highlighting the way women in Pakistan had carved out a niche for themselves through unfailing determination in all spheres of activity hitherto considered the exclusively domain of males. The conference, sponsored by the New World Concepts, highlighted women both in Pakistan and the rest of the world who were breaking into these spheres of activity in a big way in the corporate and business sectors and the armed forces. The moot also highlighted many global success stories. Major-General Nigar Johar, vice-principal of the Army Medical College, the highest-ranking woman officer...