Coordinator to Federal Tax Ombudsman Meher Kashif Younis on Thursday said that sympathized investment in rural women, a major chunk of total population, can play key a role in enhancing national economic growth, eliminate abject poverty and abolish hunger in Pakistan. Speaking at a seminar on “Role of Rural Women in National Development” he said that majority of women are living in rural areas and their contribution towards national development is extremely marginal.

He said if we fully utilize this untapped vast potential successfully in a planned manners, Pakistan can make strides in every sphere of life that will help ameliorate a lot to improve socio economic complexion of women folk across the country. He said government must make sure that all public sector entities engaged for rural uplift to deliver otherwise same task be entrusted to private sector with full government support which will bring revolution.

Meher Kashif Younis said that one of the most efficient and effective strategic actions to address these issues include empowering rural women, as the efforts and talents of rural women are crucial to countering hunger and poverty. Concluding Meher Kashif Younis said China today has the world’s largest e-commerce market with sales transaction for goods reaching over $4 trillion last year.

He said many well established sales platforms have been a pragmatic shift also for farmers and retailers who even directly sell to consumers within the country. He said Pakistan can benefit from Chinese experience and on the other hand can adopt its pattern to achieve desired results of economic prosperity as the survival of the country worldwide depends exclusively on sound economy.

Credit : Independent News Pakistan-INP