QUESTION 08 According to you- what are the qualities of a great leader, do women possess different leadership traits than men and why? One of the most important qualities of a good leader is humility. Obama had it, Biden has it and both have our respect. Women do have a unique ability to multitask, get things done, be emotional but know that the job has to get done. We are expected to be super achievers while men focus on careers, we have to focus on career, home, children, food etc. We pay a big tax to follow our dreams. So we do become more empathetic and sensitive. QUESTION 09 How do you see Pakistan and US relationship in the Biden Administration- what are the current challenges for the newly elected US government? It’s early to tell but I think we have started on the right foot. President Biden has already resumed humanitarian assistance to nations and the travel ban has also been reversed, (which didn’t affect Pakistan at all). If Pakistan wants to ingratiate itself with America, she should think about supporting the empowerment of Palestinians with UAE and Bahrain. Joe Biden has inherited a Muslim world that is more comfortable with Israel. Pakistan should also focus on asking the US to help resume a dialogue on Kashmir. The human rights violation in Kashmir is a reality that President Biden and VP Harris have both spoken about so a positive gesture of good will be to ask for resumption of diplomatic dialogue between India and Pakistan. Biden’s foreign policy will not be sporadic; it will be sustained and consistent. Biden has also announced a global summit to counter the rise in populism which endangers democratic institutions as seen by the January 6th insurrection on the US Capitol. Pakistan’s important is not any less as a US ally and if Pakistan plays its cards right when it comes to Afghanistan, and brokers a workable deal with Taliban for the US exit from Afghanistan, Pakistan will most likely be back as a trusted US ally. QUESTION 10 What is your special message for the BGN followers and audience especially this is women’s history month? God gave us rights; men took them away. We need to understand that our religion doesn’t demand blind subservience to women but requires us to be equal partners. We need to look back at the history of our religion and learn from the role Hazrat Khadija RA played in Prophet Muhammad’s PBUH life. She was a businesswoman, fifteen years older, divorced, with children from previous marriage, and she asked Prophet Muhammad to marry him. She broke all taboos! Why are we not allowing women to flourish and be what they want to be? We must remember that we must uplift each as women so w ecan all rise.
Author/Penned by: Dr Huma Qamar
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