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Staff Reporter

The Chairman of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Prof Muzaffar Ahmed yesterday said there is still confusion among the policymakers about the Women Development Policy.

"This confusion will make the situation critical in future," he said at a discussion on 'Women Development Policy 2008: National Development Perspective' jointly organised by Women For Women (WFW) and CAMPE at the National Press Club yesterday.

Prof Muzaffar pointed out that rights of women are clearly stated in the holy Quran. Yet some people are raising

questions in this regard, he noted and adding, "We should not fight in the street on this issue. The people who creating confusion should go to the court to seek a clear solution on this matter."

A group is creating problem in the implementation of the Women Development Policy is our own partisan interest, he mentioned.

Advocate Abdus Shahid, former whip of the Parliament, said, "We are looking for the election. If election would be held and political party rules the country, many problems would be solved."

Ayesha Khanam, President of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, blamed the Government for creating confusion about the Women Development Policy.

The Government should take a positive stand to implement the policy for the sake of development of the country, she added.

Prof Sadeka Halim of Dhaka University urged the Government to implement the Women Development Policy immediately.

Presenting the keynote paper Zahanara Haque of WFW said the Government should not ignore the demand of the people and has no right to delay for implementation of the policy.

Shirin Akhter, women leader, Azizul Haque of CAMPE, Nilufar Banu of Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad, Rowshan Zahan of WFW, among others, spoke at the meeting.