Rana Ansar

Nusrat Seher Abbasi

Shehla Raza

KARACHI: The women lawmakers in Sindh Assembly demandedas a measure to control growing population of the country. During the debate on a resolution “to control population and launch of awareness campaign,” all political parties except lawmakers from religious parties, MMA and TLP, supported the resolution in the provincial assembly.Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan MPA Rana Ansar moved a private resolution and said, “There is no proper planning in controlling population in the province. We lack resources and attach great importance in giving birth to more children. It’s a population bomb and we need to devise a comprehensive strategy to deal with it.”Referring to the significant chunk of population living under poverty line, she said that all countries including China, Iran and Russia were making all-out efforts to control and plan their population, but here people consider women to be a machine to produce more children. “We should include this issue in our syllabus and start mass mobilisation in every nook and cranny of Sindh. Not only women, but male health workers should be appointed to sensitise men,” she said.Nusrat Seher Abbasi of Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) supported the resolution and said that women had suffered more in every field, so it’s high time for men to render sacrifices. “Even in family planning, only women are being sterilised to prevent pregnancy. This causes serious complication to the mother’s health. Why are women being made the scapegoat and forced to give sacrifice of their lives?,” she said.Minister for women development, Shehla Raza, however, stood up at her seat and congratulated Rana Ansar for moving the resolution. “Women are also human and we should care and protect them. When women give birth to more babies, there is greater risk of mothers dying and giving birth to weak and abnormal children,” she said adding, “It is not possible for a poor man to feed a dozen children and provide education and other facilities. We can only compete in the world when you have mentally and physically healthy people in society.”---Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1888987/1-women-lawmakers-suggest-sterilisation-men-control-population/