In a paradigm shift from past practices to keep women disenfranchised, two major component parties of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal have launched a full-scale campaign to bring female voters to polling stations in the upcoming general elections.

To quote Dawn's report from today:

The JUI-F has been organising ulema conventions at the district level in KPK to highlight the importance of vote and persuade workers to bring female members of their families to the polling station to participate in the electoral process.

The JI's women wing, for its part, has:

Started door-to-door campaign, organising corner meetings for women at the ward and street levels in big cities and towns to encourage them to cast their vote for the MMA’s candidates.

An important factor to remember is that political parties are now required to field women candidates on at least five percent of general seats for the national assembly and provincial assembly elections.

In KPK, there are 6.61 million female voters.