8th international conference on women leadership & women excellence awards held

Women Develop-ment Department, Government of Sindh in collaboration with M/s. Excellent Events & Entertainment (Pvt.) Limited, has been organizing International Conference on Women Leadership & Women Excel-lence Awards, for the past seven years.
The main objective of this event is to highlight and acknowledge the outstanding contribution of women in the social and economic development of Pakistan. This year, 8th International Conference on Women Leadership and Women Excellence Award was organised on July 07, 2012 at Marriott Hotel, Islamabad to pay tribute to the role models of empowering women that made valuable efforts in inspiring the globe with an indomitable willpower. The conference will bring global business and government women leaders and professionals face-to-face with new trends and challenges in an environment that fosters knowledge-building. The theme of this year conference is "Women Empowerment through Education".
The conference topics are designed to highlight and discuss the importance of education for empowering the women of Pakistan. Dignitaries and Keynote speakers include : Honourable Sindh Minister of Women Development, Tauqeer Fatima Bhutto, Honourable Minister of Finance Azad Jummu & Kashmir, Chaudhry Pervez Ashraf, Honourable Minister of Women Development & Social Welfare-Balochistan, Ghazala Gola Begum, Honourable Deputy Speaker Azad Jummu & Kashmir, Shaheen Dar, Honourable Special Assistant to Chief Minister of Sindh, Sharmila Farooqui, Honourable Founder member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Fauzia Kasuri, Honourable Director, Centre of Excellence in Gender Studies Quaid-e-Azam in Islamabad Farzana Bari, Media manager for Internews Europe, Nukhbat Malik, former Director current affairs at Express News Qatrina Hossain, Anchor on the Dawn News programme "Target Point", Asma Chaundhry, Honourable President/CEO/ Chairperson of the Board of Directors of First Women Bank Ltd, Shafqat Sultana, First Secretary at the Sri Lanka High Commission in Islamabad, Wijayainthi Edirisinghee and 14 years old girl form the town of Mingora in Swat Malala Yousafzai. Winners of 8th Women Excellence Awards 2012:
The results were announced on the basis of online public voting through the official website. Malala Yousafzai- Future of Pakistan, Samina Baig- First Pakistani Woman Mountain Climber, Arfa Karim (Late)- World's Youngest Microsoft Professional, Khalida Brohi- Youngest Woman Entrepreneur Woman, Shaheen Kausar- Dar First Female Deputy Speaker Azad Jummu Kashmir, Asma Chaudhry - Best Anchor Current Affairs, Saadia Sehar Haidari- First Woman Photojournalist, Farzana Bari -Woman in Social Welfare Tauqeer Fatima Bhutto-Special Award Ghazala Gola Begum- Special Award Sharmila Faruqui - Special Award, Brave Girl of Karachi, Maya Khan Best Anchor-Morning Show. This high profile event was sponsored by First Women Bank Limited, Khushhali Bank and Pakistan State Oil.-PR