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Rocket science

Had there been more dams, both power generation and water storage could have been better managed. As it is the precious water which we will need tomorrow is being wasted today, flowing down to the sea. Water management is no rocket science, you store water when you have water in the rivers (3 months), and use it when there is no water in the rivers (9 months), as simple as A,B,C.

- Monsoon rains, Nation.com.pk, July 12, 2011.

2. “Politics is no rocket science,” says Yasmeen Rehman, a woman parliamentarian in Pakistan’s Lower House, adding, “It is not as difficult as it is made out to be.”

A new study by Aurat Foundation (AF), a women’s group, that evaluates women MPs’ (member of parliament) performance between 2002 and 2007, is full of praise for female lawmakers.

Rehman led a group of 25 MPs as the most active on the floor of the house in making the most interventions.

“Women parliamentarians have actually excelled in several areas of legislative functioning as compared to their male colleagues,” states the report.

Women account for 21.6 percent of MPs in Pakistan’s parliament. In 2002, the figure was slightly lower at 21.1 percent.

But it still compares favourably with the rest of Asia, where female participation in parliament was calculated at 17.8 percent, by the Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union. The global average was 18.3 percent in 2008.