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Presently, Pakistan has one workplace harassment law in place called ‘The Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act, 2010’. The Act leaves much to be desired, and a recent judgment by a three member bench of the Supreme ...

ISLAMABAD: The Attorney General office is seriously considering moving a petition to seek review of the recent Supreme Court judgment relating to the Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act, 2010 (PAHWWA). There is a general realization among ...

ISLAMABAD: The Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act 2010 (PAHWWA) surprisingly in its present form is just another piece of cosmetic legislation that is blinkered in its application, the Supreme Court has regretted. “When the PAHWWA is ...

PESHAWAR: The Women Workers Alliance, an NGO working for rights of working women, has demanded of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to implement its labour policy and laws for ensuring safe working environment for women workers and providing separate toilets at ...

ISLAMABAD: A session court in Islamabad on Wednesday rejected US blogger Cynthia Dawn Ritchie’s request to register a case against former interior minister Rehman Malik on rape accusation.  Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Nasir Javed Rana conducted hearing of ...