Islamabad : Women Workers Alliance and 13 Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCIs) joined hands for a collaborative, coordinated, and cooperative approach towards addressing the issue of women workers and improving their economic participation. In this regard, a joint declaration ...
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Feed SubscriptionJustice Ayesha’s Supreme Court appointment: Seniority not legal requirement, nor convention, says Women in Law
The Women in Law Pakistan initiative has issued a statement with respect to the seniority debate on the appointment of Justice Ayesha A. Malik of the Lahore High Court (LHC) to the apex court, saying the idea that seniority is ...
Read More »Inheritance rights: A tale of widow sisters bares systemic flaws
ISLAMABAD: Two widow sisters, both above 70, who had been running from pillar to post for the past two decades, finally got their inheritance right last month, only after the intervention of Prime Minister Imran Khan. Even when the matter ...
Read More »Pro-women laws’ application
LEGISLATION is only as effective in so far as it is implemented. On that score, women’s rights legislation in Pakistan has not fulfilled its potential despite the passage of several years. National Women’s Day on Feb 8 saw a number ...
Read More »Married woman shot dead
TAXILA: A woman was shot dead allegedly by her brother-in-law over a domestic dispute in the limits of Wah Cantonment police on Tuesday. Mohammad Ishfaq while lodging the first investigation report (FIR) stated that his daughter Saniya Bibi was married ...
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