Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has expressed hope for Wanita Umno chief Shahrizat Abdul Jalil to be given an "utmost important position" after the general election.

Zahid said this in his closing speech at the 2017 International Conference on Women in Politics. He, however, did not specify the position that should be given to Shahrizat.

Shahrizat lost the Lembah Pantai parliamentary seat to then political greenhorn Nurul Izzah Anwar in the 2008 general election. Shahrizat had held the seat since 1995...