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title: "Gender committee expresses concern over delayed appointments of women commission heads"
description: "Most outlets reported that the Special Committee on Gender Mainstreaming raised concerns about the delay in appointing the heads of the National Commission on the Status of Women and the Punjab Commission on the Status of Women. The Business Recorder included the location (Islamabad) and the full names of the institutions, while the Associated Press of Pakistan highlighted the committee’s call for early appointments and named the chairperson, Dr. Nafisa Shah, MNA."
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# Gender committee expresses concern over delayed appointments of women commission heads

pakistan · updated 24 Sep 2026, 7:04 AM PKT · 23–24 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that the Special Committee on Gender Mainstreaming raised concerns about the delay in appointing the heads of the National Commission on the Status of Women and the Punjab Commission on the Status of Women. The Business Recorder included the location (Islamabad) and the full names of the institutions, while the Associated Press of Pakistan highlighted the committee’s call for early appointments and named the chairperson, Dr. Nafisa Shah, MNA.

## Same story from 3 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Dawn** — [Concern voiced over delay in NCSW chairperson’s appointment](https://www.dawn.com/news/2032169/concern-voiced-over-delay-in-ncsw-chairpersons-appointment) · 24 Sep 2026, 7:04 AM PKT
  > ISLAMABAD: The Special Committee on Gender Mainstreaming on Wednesday expressed concern over the continued delay in appointing chairpersons of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) and Punjab Commission on the Status of Women, saying prolonged vacancies were affecting the functioning and institutional continuity of the statutory bodies. Chairperson of the committee Dr Nafisa Sha...
- **Business Recorder** — [Chairpersons of NCSW, PCSW: Special panel concerned over delay in appointment](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40440938/chairpersons-of-ncsw-pcsw-special-panel-concerned-over-delay-in-appointment) · 24 Sep 2026, 5:32 AM PKT · 93% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD: Special Committee on Gender Mainstreaming expressed serious concern over the continued delay in the appointment of the chairpersons of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) and the Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW). The committee met with MNA Dr Nafisa Shah in the chair at Parliament House on Wednesday. The committee discussed the appointments of chairpe...
- **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [Gender Committee seeks early appointment of NCSW, Punjab Women Commission heads](https://www.app.com.pk/national/gender-committee-seeks-early-appointment-of-ncsw-punjab-women-commission-heads/) · 23 Sep 2026, 5:07 PM PKT · 88% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Chairperson of the Special Committee on Gender Mainstreaming, Dr. Nafisa Shah, MNA, has expressed serious concern over the continued delay in the appointment of Chairpersons of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) and the Punjab Commission on the Status of Women.

3 articles from 3 outlets, 23–24 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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