KARACHI:“Sindh has a number of very good laws pertaining to gender-based violence and rights of women, but implementation has always remained weak,” said Legal Aid Society associate director Maliha Zia Lari, talking to The Express Tribune after moderating a panel discussion at ...
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PESHAWAR: A top government advisor on Friday said that the provincial government was serious about implementing laws regarding women’s rights and that a special parliamentary committee has been set up to review and implement pro-women laws. This was stated by Adviser ...
Read More »Tackling gender bias in judiciary
The judicial system is just as biased as the rest of society when it comes to dealing with gender roles, whether in court decisions or women’s rise in the profession. Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa highlighted these issues in his ...
Read More »Women judges asked to treat litigants with leniency
LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Asif Saeed Khosa on Sunday said the Constitution ensured special rights to the women but gender discrimination was also present in every sphere in Pakistan. He was addressing the concluding session of third Women ...
Read More »How this young woman broke the glass ceiling through sheer hard work and a little bit of luck
KARACHI: Javeria Farrukh, a public speaker, graduated from one of the top-ranked universities of Pakistan, the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) in Karachi. Yet, after completing her BBA, she found herself at a crossroads – she was presented with many career ...
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