Overview

• Addressing a high-level UNGA meeting on the Beijing Conference’s 30th anniversary, Ishaq Dar urged scaled-up financing through national budgets, international cooperation and innovative partnerships.
• He reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to the Beijing Declaration and called for bold, measurable actions so every woman and girl can live free from poverty and violence.
• Dar cited institutional and legal steps including national and provincial commissions on the status of women, gender-based violence courts, women police stations and protective laws against harassment and discrimination.
• He highlighted social protection programmes such as the Benazir Income Support Programme and the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme that expand women’s financial access, reduce poverty and support entrepreneurship.
• On the UNGA sidelines, he attended the Commonwealth foreign ministers’ meeting and will accompany Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, with Pakistan saying the PM will raise Kashmir and Gaza and join select Muslim leaders in a meeting with President Donald Trump.