Women Peace Council Punjab and welfare organization SSDO organized a Cyclothon 2022 rally from Governor House to Punjab Assembly under the theme “Women safe on wheels”.
The rally was attended by the wife of Governor Punjab Perveen Sarwar, PTI MPA Uzma Kardar, Syed Kausar Abbas, scores of female university students and transgender.
According to details, students from different universities of Lahore and special persons also participated in the rally which was held from Governor House Lahore to Punjab Assembly in which they were holding placards regarding protection and peace of women.
Addressing the participants of the rally and talking to the media, Begum Perveen Sarwar, wife of Governor Punjab and President of Women Peace Council Punjab, said that for the development of any society, it is incumbent to strengthen and protect women.
It is the responsibility of every section of the population to ensure the safety of women as well as to provide them maximum opportunities for progress and development.
The spouse of Governor Punjab said that the aim of the Women Peace Council Punjab is to ensure the protection of women in the province as well as to eradicate gender-based crimes against women and to punish those responsible in accordance with the constitution.
I am happy that our daughters are now driving cars, motorcycles and bicycles in Lahore and other cities of Punjab. We assure them that we will ensure their safety at all costs, she added.
Member Punjab Assembly Uzma Kardar said that the purpose of the rally was to send a message nationally and internationally that women are safe everywhere.
