Being a global phenomenon gender bias exists in all societies of the world. But it is more crucial and disturbing in South Asia and especially in Northern areas of Pakistan whereby poverty, ignorance and traditional systems have combined to place the women in a subordinate position. This is primarily due to the male dominated society characterized by long tolerated customs which blatantly encourage gender discrimination in all fields including education. Education is the aggregate of all the processes by means of which a person develops abilities, attitudes, and others forms of positive value in the society in which he lives." It is, as such, more than acquiring a body of knowledge, involving a cluster of attitudes, feelings, perceptions, insights, abilities and skills, of which the ability to think independently and clearly is of the first importance.