For working woman Sahar Iqbal, women empowerment is not limited to controlling resources and making decisions but effectively contributing to the society.

Born in Sahiwal, some 106 miles (170 km) from Punjab's capital city Lahore, Sahar is a government officer, publicist, agriculturist and above all a mother.

She says marrying into a family with rural background motivated her to work in the agriculture sector, which contributes 20 per cent of Pakistan’s gross domestic product and employs 42 percent of the labor force.

In an interview, Sahar outlined to The Nation what drives her ambitions as a multi-tasker. "When I got married in a family with rural background, I was scared of giving up my dreams," she said in Lahore, where she currently resides with her three-year-old-son.

"The girls in that respective area are not allowed to work and I could hear their murmurs that she is from city and she would be taking the guy along to the big city.

"I wanted to break that notion and I started to make contribution in agriculture field as well. It was not for myself, I wanted to create a difference for the females living in that society," she told The Nation.

Her work as an agriculturist is creating awareness in a society where farming is primarily associated with men.

Sahar believes women empowerment doesn't confine to the women working in schools or at workplaces.

"Empowerment can be seen in villages too where females are working shoulder to shoulder with their men in the fields. And this is the reason why I have encouraged female labour working on my agriculture land."

Sahar's success story serves as an inspiration to all the women that when there's will, there's always a way.