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      <title>“Where are the women?”  PM’s "men only" lunch for Bill Gates spark outrage
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The lack of women at the lunch hosted by Prime Minister Imran Khan in honor of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates  on Thursday didn’t go unnoticed by social media users.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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				&lt;div class='media__item    media__item--twitter  '&gt;            &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
                &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/PakPMO/status/1494240705375518720?s=20&amp;amp;t=omE0sOtVqzQiZckxz-VlhQ"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;			&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“Where are the women?” asked people on Twitter. &lt;/p&gt;

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				&lt;div class='media__item    media__item--twitter  '&gt;            &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
                &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/AnayaNKhan/status/1494351739964866560?s=20&amp;amp;t=omE0sOtVqzQiZckxz-VlhQ"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
            &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
				
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&lt;p&gt;			&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It wasn’t just the lack of female representation on the table that was called out. Twitterati also noticed there was no tech entrepreneurs or innovators – people who could’ve benefitted from meeting Gates – present at lunch. &lt;/p&gt;

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				&lt;div class='media__item    media__item--twitter  '&gt;            &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
                &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/BanoYaarBasKar/status/1494558430694150144?s=20&amp;amp;t=omE0sOtVqzQiZckxz-VlhQ"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
            &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
				
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&lt;p&gt;			&lt;/p&gt;

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				&lt;div class='media__item    media__item--twitter  '&gt;            &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
                &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/TMItalks/status/1494523361434783744?s=20&amp;amp;t=omE0sOtVqzQiZckxz-VlhQ"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
            &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
				
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&lt;p&gt;			&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“I love the women representation in this luncheon,” said one user sarcastically. &lt;/p&gt;

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				&lt;div class='media__item    media__item--twitter  '&gt;            &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
                &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/KharabAurat/status/1494538465261805573?s=20&amp;amp;t=omE0sOtVqzQiZckxz-VlhQ"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
            &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
				
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&lt;p&gt;			&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;People called for more women representation in state matters. &lt;/p&gt;

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				&lt;div class='media__item    media__item--twitter  '&gt;            &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
                &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/KainatKamalKhan/status/1494532271579226121?s=20&amp;amp;t=omE0sOtVqzQiZckxz-VlhQ"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
            &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
				
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&lt;p&gt;			&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The lack of inclusivity wasn’t the only thing wrong with the picture posted by the PMO’s Twitter profile. Many people noticed that the picture had been photoshopped to take out someone sitting by the door. &lt;/p&gt;

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				&lt;div class='media__item    media__item--twitter  '&gt;            &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
                &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/IssamAhmed/status/1494452757415309316?s=20&amp;amp;t=omE0sOtVqzQiZckxz-VlhQ"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
            &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
				
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&lt;p&gt;			&lt;/p&gt;

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				&lt;div class='media__item    media__item--twitter  '&gt;            &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
                &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/chittakukkarr/status/1494391279530168330?s=20&amp;amp;t=omE0sOtVqzQiZckxz-VlhQ"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
            &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
				
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&lt;p&gt;			&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Writer Bina Shah believes Dr. Anita Zaidi, the President of the Gender Equality Division and Director of Vaccine Development, at the Bill &amp;amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, was photoshopped out of the picture. &lt;/p&gt;

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				&lt;div class='media__item    media__item--twitter  '&gt;            &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
                &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/BinaShah/status/1494558948535554053?s=20&amp;amp;t=omE0sOtVqzQiZckxz-VlhQ"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
            &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
				
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&lt;p&gt;			&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Gates had visited Pakistan for a day on Thursday on the "special invitation of the PM," where he held one-on-one meetings with senior government officials. &lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>The lack of women at the lunch hosted by Prime Minister Imran Khan in honor of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates  on Thursday didn’t go unnoticed by social media users.</strong> </p>

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                <a href="https://twitter.com/PakPMO/status/1494240705375518720?s=20&amp;t=omE0sOtVqzQiZckxz-VlhQ"></a>
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<p>“Where are the women?” asked people on Twitter. </p>

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                <a href="https://twitter.com/AnayaNKhan/status/1494351739964866560?s=20&amp;t=omE0sOtVqzQiZckxz-VlhQ"></a>
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<p>It wasn’t just the lack of female representation on the table that was called out. Twitterati also noticed there was no tech entrepreneurs or innovators – people who could’ve benefitted from meeting Gates – present at lunch. </p>

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				<div class='media__item    media__item--twitter  '>            <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
                <a href="https://twitter.com/BanoYaarBasKar/status/1494558430694150144?s=20&amp;t=omE0sOtVqzQiZckxz-VlhQ"></a>
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                <a href="https://twitter.com/TMItalks/status/1494523361434783744?s=20&amp;t=omE0sOtVqzQiZckxz-VlhQ"></a>
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<p>			</p>

<p>“I love the women representation in this luncheon,” said one user sarcastically. </p>

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				<div class='media__item    media__item--twitter  '>            <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
                <a href="https://twitter.com/KharabAurat/status/1494538465261805573?s=20&amp;t=omE0sOtVqzQiZckxz-VlhQ"></a>
            </blockquote></div>
				
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<p>			</p>

<p>People called for more women representation in state matters. </p>

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				<div class='media__item    media__item--twitter  '>            <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
                <a href="https://twitter.com/KainatKamalKhan/status/1494532271579226121?s=20&amp;t=omE0sOtVqzQiZckxz-VlhQ"></a>
            </blockquote></div>
				
			</figure>
<p>			</p>

<p>The lack of inclusivity wasn’t the only thing wrong with the picture posted by the PMO’s Twitter profile. Many people noticed that the picture had been photoshopped to take out someone sitting by the door. </p>

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				<div class='media__item    media__item--twitter  '>            <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
                <a href="https://twitter.com/IssamAhmed/status/1494452757415309316?s=20&amp;t=omE0sOtVqzQiZckxz-VlhQ"></a>
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				<div class='media__item    media__item--twitter  '>            <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
                <a href="https://twitter.com/chittakukkarr/status/1494391279530168330?s=20&amp;t=omE0sOtVqzQiZckxz-VlhQ"></a>
            </blockquote></div>
				
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<p>			</p>

<p>Writer Bina Shah believes Dr. Anita Zaidi, the President of the Gender Equality Division and Director of Vaccine Development, at the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, was photoshopped out of the picture. </p>

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				<div class='media__item    media__item--twitter  '>            <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
                <a href="https://twitter.com/BinaShah/status/1494558948535554053?s=20&amp;t=omE0sOtVqzQiZckxz-VlhQ"></a>
            </blockquote></div>
				
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<p>			</p>

<p>Gates had visited Pakistan for a day on Thursday on the "special invitation of the PM," where he held one-on-one meetings with senior government officials. </p>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2022 12:23:55 +0500</pubDate>
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