The Western media, together with the secularist minded citizens of our country tried to introduce MMA as an opposition force against women, however the positive path of wisdom adopted by the government on the policy of women’s progress and education forced this opposition to stop. This also proves that we cannot find a comparison of the respect and position given to women by Islam anywhere else.

The rights and the respect given by Islam to women are not hidden from any person of knowledge. The government of MMA believes that progress without the involvement of women is impossible. However, the foundation of this progress lies in making education common for everyone. By providing education to one female child you are actually educating a whole family. There is a very close relationship between education, values and traditions. This is why a majority of our women remain deprived of higher education at the university level because of the existing co-education system. Keeping this fact in view the government has decided to give more and more attention to women, so that they are capable of contributing towards the success of our province in a better way.

• Keeping in view our particular society and traditions, our province cannot tolerate the existing co-educational system in our professional educational institutions. Due to this fact a separate university for women has already been established in Peshawar. All people working in this institute are women, from the vice chancellor to other team members e.g. teachers, helping staff etc. At the moment the university has been established in Government Frontier college, it will however be transferred to its own campus in the near future.

• On the request of the people of NWFP, particularly women, a separate Medical college has also been established.

• In order to promote the participation of women in sports a separate sports directorate has also been established.

• It has also been decided that 25% of the loans given under the scheme of Micro finance by the Bank of Khyber will be set aside for women only.

• In October 2003 the international Islamic conference for women was held in Peshawar. In this conference various topics were discussed including Islamic values, rights of women, global Islamic issues, family values etc.

• Centers for sewing and embroidery have been established in several places in the province. Apart from these several Dar-ul-Aman have been established for women in Peshawar, Mardan, Swat, Abbotabad and Dera Ismail Khan. These institutions give protection to unfortunate women.

• Work has already started on providing women with free education and legal help in various jails of Kohat and Peshawar. Apart from this, work is in progress on the marketing of crafts made by skillful women and on providing them training of the latest techniques.

• Dar-ul-Aman which is operated under the management of APW, Peshawar, has been given special monetary aid for the renovation of its building.

• Sewing machines have been distributed among poor widowed women.

• Dar-ul-Amans have been established in D.I. Khan, Mardan and Swat for oppressed and homeless women.

• Skillful and talented women have received materials worth over Rs. 100,000 for the making of shirts, shawls, bed sheets etc. Work is also under way for the marketing and distribution of crafts made by these women. The profit made from the sale of these items is equally distributed amongst the women working in government and other such institutions.