ISLAMABAD: First Lady Begum Samina Alvi has urged the business community to join hands with the government for facilitating and creating better opportunities for women entrepreneurs.
She was addressing an event titled ‘Empowered Women, Prosperous Society’ organized by Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) here on Tuesday. The First Lady said we should make joint efforts for inclusion of deprived segments of society including women in the national mainstream.
She said the government has taken a number of steps to facilitate women including provision of easy loans to them and legislative measures aimed at easing different legal procedures like getting inheritance rights.