Shaista Lodhi wishes every female doctor was able to practice medicine after working so hard

We've come quite far where women's education is concerned and yet not far enough. Even today, not all women who study medicine get to practice due to family and/or societal pressures. Dr Shaista Lodhi addressed the matter and expressed sadness over women doctors being held back from going further than graduation, unable to get the opportunity to practice medicine like she did.

"Alhamdulilah for getting the opportunity to practice my medical profession. It's very sad when I saw so many girls from my batch not getting the chance to practice after they graduated," she tweeted.

The morning show host and actor added that she wishes "har larki ke paas choice ho itni mehnat ke baad practice karne ki. [I wish every girl could have the choice to practice after working so hard]."

Recently, actor and producer Humayun Saeed had also brought up the issue on Twitter and a user was quick to point it out under Lodhi's tweet.

Saeed had quoted some statistics and expressed disappointment over the fact that only 25% of women doctors practice after graduation in Pakistan. He revealed that he's considering basing a project on this to highlight the issue. "Let’s encourage women to pursue their dreams," he added.

His tweet received a lot of positive feedback from netizens who were happy to hear someone not only address this but also do something about it. His potential plans for a drama tackling the issue of doctor bahus [daughter-in-laws] was received with welcome arms. Some doctors even commented under his tweet calling it "the need of the hour."

Lodhi recently replaced Nadia Khan as the host of Morning At Home show last year. The show resumed from Nov 15 and she promised to change it up and introduce fresh segments. She revealed that her intention is to give hope and motivate her viewers as a host. "I will have segments for all kinds women." She said the show is "different from the saturated content you see today where you basically entertain a lot of people, but forget to respect the people along the way, but not anymore.”