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Women’s empowerment is a procedure that provides control of intensity and assets to women, and completely changes them after sometime through their dynamic support in that procedure. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of Information Communication Technology (ICT) on the social and economic empowerment of women in three selected districts of Southern Punjab, Pakistan viz. Multan, Vehari and Khanewal. For this purpose, cross-sectional data of 384 women (100 from Multan, 100 from Khanewal and 184 women from Vehari district) were obtained through random stratified sampling from both rural and urban areas. Women empowerment index (WEI), ANOVA, t-test and ordinary least square (OLS) methods were used for analysis. The findings concluded that the practice of ICT significantly affected the social and economic empowerment of the women. It is recommended that women should be given free access to use ICT for creating new opportunities and more empowerment in the society.