Peshawar - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has become the first assembly of the country where ‘Baby feeding and Day Care centres’ are being setup for the female parliamentarians. 

Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Mushtaq Ghani on Monday inaugurated the ‘Baby Feeding and Child Care Centres.’ Members of Women Parliamentary Caucus, UNICEF, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department, P&DW and female members of the assembly were also present on the occasion. 

Speaking on the occasion, Mushtaq Ghani appreciated the measures and said that now female legislators wouldn’t have to leave their infants at home for attending assembly sessions or committees’ meetings. He said that as per the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan women are being empowered by ensuring their presence in the legislating process. 

Members Women Parliamentary Caucus Dr Sumaira Shams, Dr Asiya Asad, Madiha Nisar and others appreciated the initiative and said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly took leading role in every initiative including paperless assembly, setting-up of separate chambers for opposition and parliamentary leaders and now Baby Feeding and Child Care Centre. 

They also called for establishing child care centres at girls’ schools, colleges and universities for female teachers and other staff. 

On the occasion, a representative of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department said that the provincial government has started work on Baby Friendly Hospital project initially in four major hospitals of Peshawar including Lady Reading Hospital (LRH), Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH), Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC), Movli Gee Hospital and one in District Headquarter Hospital Abbottabad wherein female doctors and other staff could feed their infants in privacy during their duty hours in a peaceful, calm and conducive environment.