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KARACHI: National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) chairperson Nilofar Bakhtiar called a consultation meeting here on Wednesday to listen to suggestion from civil society and the media ahead of launching the commission’s strategic plan. She also said that ...

ISLAMABAD: The Attorney General’s (AG) office moved a petition before the Supreme Court on Friday to seek review of a July 6 judgement in which the court had held that the Protection Against Harass­ment of Women at the Workplace Act ...

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 ...