{"id":17540,"date":"2026-03-12T18:50:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/03\/12\/advancing-pakistan-germany-parliamentary-cooperation\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T18:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:50:50","slug":"advancing-pakistan-germany-parliamentary-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/03\/12\/advancing-pakistan-germany-parliamentary-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing Pakistan Germany Parliamentary Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the National Assembly Secretariat in Islamabad on 12 March 2026, the Women\u2019s Parliamentary Caucus Secretary <strong>Dr. Shahida Rehmani<\/strong> met with German Ambassador <strong>Ina Lepel<\/strong> and First Secretary for Human Rights and Migration <strong>Violetta Anand Kuzmova<\/strong> to discuss measures for deeper parliamentary cooperation between Pakistan and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shahida Rehmani briefed the delegation on the caucus\u2019s mandate as a cross\u2011party platform that advances gender equality, strengthens women\u2019s political participation, and promotes legislation and policies to protect and empower women and girls across Pakistan. She stressed how sustained collaboration can amplify the caucus\u2019s work at national and constituency levels.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Ina Lepel welcomed the caucus\u2019s efforts and outlined Germany\u2019s ongoing programmes in Pakistan, highlighting priorities such as access to justice, skill development, and climate resilience. She reaffirmed Germany\u2019s commitment to supporting institutional strengthening, inclusive growth, and expanded opportunities for communities in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides underscored the value of practical exchanges to promote parliamentary cooperation, proposing learning visits and virtual dialogues between women parliamentarians of the National Assembly and members of the German Bundestag. Such interactions were described as a way to share policy perspectives, best practices, and approaches to women\u2019s leadership and democratic governance.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was attended by the Convenor of the Parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights <strong>Dr. Nikhat Shakeel<\/strong>; WPC Treasurer <strong>Ms. Shahida Begum<\/strong>; Parliamentary Secretaries <strong>Ms. Farah Naz Akbar<\/strong> and <strong>Ms. Zeb Jaffar<\/strong>; MNAs <strong>Syeda Shehla Raza<\/strong>, <strong>Ms. Rana Ansar<\/strong>, <strong>Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb<\/strong>, <strong>Ms. Naeema Kishwer Khan<\/strong>, <strong>Ms. Farakh Khan<\/strong>; and Senators <strong>Dr. Zarqa Suharwardy<\/strong> and <strong>Ms. Fawzia Arshad<\/strong>, reflecting broad parliamentary interest in strengthening ties.<\/p>\n<p>The Women\u2019s Parliamentary Caucus expressed appreciation for Germany\u2019s longstanding support to Pakistan\u2019s development and reaffirmed its commitment to deepen parliamentary cooperation to advance human rights, women\u2019s empowerment, and inclusive policymaking across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Womens Parliamentary Caucus and German embassy discuss parliamentary cooperation and exchanges to boost womens leadership and rights across Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}