QUETTA: The government of Balochistan has set up baby feeding corner and nursing rooms at the court, provincial assembly and airport.
Parliamentary Secretary Health Dr Rubaba Khan Buledi inaugurated the country’s first Baby Feed Corner and Nursing Room established at Quetta International Airport, becoming the first airport in Pakistan to do so.
She said that in the first phase, the baby feeding corner and nursing rooms have been set up at three places in the provincial capital where women are provided with prayers facility as well.
A total of 30 such corners will be set up at multiple locations across the province. She noted that it will be ensured that all facilities are provided inside the rooms.
“The reason behind the establishment of these corners is to provide spaces to women for safe breastfeeding,” Dr Buledi said. After Quetta, these corners will be established in other parts of the province a well.
Last year, Chief Minister Jam Kamal approved the construction of a daycare centre at the assembly. The issue was brought up in Balochistan when a female MPA, Mahjabeen Sheran, was asked to leave the assembly for bringing her infant with her.
On April 29, 2019, Sheran, an MPA from Kech, brought her seven-month-old to the assembly because he could not be left at home. She was asked to leave. Sheran had asked for a daycare to be set up at the assembly multiple times before but was turned down.
