As societies grapple with incorporating the concepts of gender equality and gender sensitivity, female decision making is quickly losing its designation as a peripheral issue. Indeed the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women in support of the Commission on the Status of Women has been exploring the question of women and decision making for some time. In 1997 it called upon governments to take into consideration diverse decision making styles and to enhance the images of women in political and public spheres [UN, (2000)]. Decision making in Pakistan, as in much of South Asia has been regarded as a predominantly male prerogative. Although some progress, albeit slowly, has been made in the emancipation and enhancement of women in all areas of society, in comparison with their male counterparts, women are largely neglected in economic, social, legal and political spheres. This can be ascertained by the fact that only 28% of women are present in the labour force in Pakistan in comparison with 42% in Bangladesh and 32% in India and an average of 33% for South Asia. (Haq, 2000). Female literacy in Pakistan still remains only 25%; representation in civil service remains a negligible 5.4% whereas female judges in 1999 were 1.5% of the total (Haq, 2000).