Karachi (PPI) 8th March 2008: Dawood Capital Management Limited, managers of Ladies Fund, and the Sindh Women Development Department gave away Ladies Fund Women’s Entrepreneurship Awards on Saturday on the occasion of International Women’s Day, here at Mohatta Palace Museum. Chief Guests at the reception were Barrister Shahida Jamil, and Nasreen Jalil, City Naib Nazim Karachi.
Speaking on the occasion, Nasreen Jalil said that growing influence and role of Pakistani women in the social and professional sectors was laudable. She emphasised upon women to give priority to their security by investing in business sector. Barrister Shahida said that now women have got importance by participating in politics. She said the present representation of women in assemblies and local bodies are more than past. Miss Tara Uzra Dawood, Chief Executive Officer of Dawood Capital Management, thanked the participants and guests on behalf of Ladies Fund, for being present and for their commitment to the development of women in Pakistan. She informed the gathering that hundreds of nominations were received from across the country, of which 30 were short-listed.
The panel of judges selected the 10 winners of the Ladies Fund Entrepreneurship Awards and one of them was PeaceNiche/T2F Founder, Sabeen Mahmud. They included Naheem Khan, Daulat Rahmatullah, Shireen Naqvi, Nargis Baloch, Sameera Raja, Sabeen Mahmud (T2F), Naheed Mashooqullah, Sheema Kirmani, Raheel Tariq Khan and Sultana Siddiqi.
Report by The Nation