BBC News: Pakistan election: Are more girls going to school?

In this file photo taken on July 5, 2018, Shahbaz Sharif, the younger brother of ousted Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, and head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), presents his party manifesto for the forthcoming general election in Lahore. (AFP)

July 18: BBC News states that as Pakistan heads to the polls, most of the parties are making campaign pledges to improve access to education for girls. One of the major players, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, has said that it would ensure equal access for women to education as well as health and employment.

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