Lahore: In Punjab, a programme is being implemented in twelve districts of the province in the first phase to empower women in rural areas by providing buffaloes and cows to them. The program, worth two billion rupees, will benefit 11,000 destitute women in South Punjab.

According to Radio Pakistan, under this program, widows and divorced women in Dera Ghazi, Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur, Layyah, Kot Addu, Multan, Sahiwal, Lodhran, Wahari, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, and Rahim Yar Khan will be given free cows and buffaloes. The initiative aims not only to economically empower rural women but also to increase dairy production in the region.