Pakistan, July 14 -- Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar has said Pakistan is investing in girls' education, entrepreneurship, digital literacy and their empowerment.

He was speaking at the state banquet hosted in the honour of delegates participating in the 9th OIC Ministerial Conference on Women, being held in Islamabad.

Ishaq Dar lauded the Assistant Secretary General of the OIC and the OIC Secretariat and women participants for their valuable contributions to the conference.

The Deputy Prime Minister said empowering women is not about simply advancing one segment of society, but it is about strengthening the foundation upon which every nation is built. He said Islam transformed the status of women and esta...