{"id":357737,"date":"2022-04-20T15:11:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T10:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=357737"},"modified":"2022-04-20T15:11:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T10:11:19","slug":"lack-of-women-in-shehbaz-sharifs-cabinet-raises-eyebrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/lack-of-women-in-shehbaz-sharifs-cabinet-raises-eyebrows\/","title":{"rendered":"Lack of Women in Shehbaz Sharif&#8217;s Cabinet Raises Eyebrows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As new politicians take the oath to Cabinet, Netizens are raising eyebrows at the lack of women. So much for better policies with the new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif&#8217;s Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>As politicians took the oath as cabinet members on Tuesday, people couldn&#8217;t help but notice that out of the 31 federal ministers, three ministers of state, and three advisers in the first phase there are hardly any women.<\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/forced-conversions-of-minority-women-in-sindh-needs-to-stop-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forced Conversions of Teenage Girls in Sindh Needs to Stop Now<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>The coalition government really only has three women in Cabinet.\u00a0The list includes:<\/p>\n<p>Marriyum Aurangzeb \u2013 Minister for Information<\/p>\n<p>Shazia Atta Marri- Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme<\/p>\n<p>Hina Rabbani Khar- Minister for Foreign Affairs,<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Aisha Ghaus Pasha- Adviser to PM on Finance<\/p>\n<p>Sherry Rehman- Minister of state for Climate change<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this wouldn&#8217;t go unnoticed.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/nighatdad\/status\/1516202173989900290<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Social media users are criticizing the induction of only five females in the new federal cabinet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">3 women out of 30 federal ministers and 2 ministers of state sworn in today. Women get 33% reserved seats in Parliament but not well represented in the cabinet. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PakistaniCabinet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PakistaniCabinet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vPGYo8dCht\">https:\/\/t.co\/vPGYo8dCht<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Annie Zaman \u1021\u1014\u103a\u1014\u102e\u1007\u1019\u1014\u103a\u1038 (@Natrani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Natrani\/status\/1516315887040487424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4 actually but yes I agree it\u2019s a shame that the portfolios are not equally split in a country where the gender population gap is almost equal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qyhBIlMvNk\">https:\/\/t.co\/qyhBIlMvNk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bhevish Kumar Maheshwari (@iambhevishk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iambhevishk\/status\/1516289352250314756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Others shared how until the last government there wasn&#8217;t any effort to balance the gender ratio.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/meinhiburihun\/status\/1516276827769212931<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sadly many would say \u2018look, there are FIVE women in the cabinet!\u2019 As if this is a huge achievement. Thanks for pointing out that it\u2019s not <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benazir_Shah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Benazir_Shah<\/a>. The PTI brought the bar even lower than it was before. Time to bring it up to where it should be: 50%! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u2xK0fDiD1\">https:\/\/t.co\/u2xK0fDiD1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nida Kirmani (@NidaKirmani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NidaKirmani\/status\/1516408222328008704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>People are not holding back from calling out the Opposition coalition&#8217;s campaign promises.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/oblmir\/status\/1516339630102269953<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>People even offered suggestions, as this was apparently only &#8216;phase one&#8217; of Cabinet with more people set to take the oath.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/GuruKithayHai\/status\/1516354692955217920<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udcaf especially from a coalition that has many competent women, more so than most of the men on this list <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cXAcP1DDwz\">https:\/\/t.co\/cXAcP1DDwz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marium Chaudhry (@MariumCh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariumCh\/status\/1516270191231094785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/why-we-need-to-make-space-for-gender-minorities-success-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why We Need To Make Space For Gender Minorities Success Stories<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>People also pointed out the lack of minority representation as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&amp; none from any minority community<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p3Mr6Q39TN\">https:\/\/t.co\/p3Mr6Q39TN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xtL3Mpm5DI\">https:\/\/t.co\/xtL3Mpm5DI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Zohair Nanjiani (@znanjiani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/znanjiani\/status\/1516349694875734023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Where is Mohsin Dawar&#39;s name?! <\/p>\n<p>Same old faces. Hardly any women &amp; no critical voices from the periphery. <\/p>\n<p>Pathetic. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3OvPlOulb0\">https:\/\/t.co\/3OvPlOulb0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir (@ImaanZHazir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImaanZHazir\/status\/1516267124452438016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Shehbaz Sharif&#8217;s Cabinet? How does the gender ratio reflect on policies to come from this government? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As new politicians take the oath to Cabinet, Netizens are raising eyebrows at the lack of women. So much for better policies with the new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif&#8217;s Cabinet. 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