Nilofar Bakhtiar speaks during an interview with Reuters Television in 2007. Reuters/File
ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Thursday rejected Nilofar Bakhtiar’s appointment as chairperson of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW).
“Nilofar Bakhtiar’s appointment is tantamount to dacoity [robbery] and insult to parliament,” said PPP’s Nafisa Shah in a statement.
Referring to an in-camera meeting of the parliamentary committee on the appointment of the NCSW chairperson on June 15, the PPP’s MNA claimed that the other applicant, Fauzia Waqar, had got six votes, while Ms Bakhtiar had secured five votes during the election for the post.
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