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“When the PAHWWA is examined as a whole, it does not live up to expectation as titled and preamble of the act suggests,” Justice Mushir Alam wrote in a judgement. Online/File
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 examined as a whole, it does not live up to expectation as titled and preamble of the act suggests,” Justice Mushir Alam wrote in a judgement on a petition moved by a former employee of the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV).
An FIR was registered against Qesco lineman Allah Bakhsh and the owner of a private tubewell, Qurban Ali. Reuters/File
CHAGAI: Two people, including an official of the Quetta Electric Supply Company (Qesco), were booked under different sections of the Pakistan Penal Code after a child was killed and two others received injuries when they were electrocuted by electricity wires of a main supply line laying on the ground in Panjak area of Jhal Magsi district. Some head of cattle were also electrocuted.
The Assistant Registrar of Federal Ombudsman in Kharan, Shahzada Allauddin, told
Dawn on Tuesday that he received a complaint on Sunday after which the deputy commissioner concerned was approached by his office.
Daily Times
July 7, 2021
While upholding Islamabad High Court’s verdict against a decision of Federal Ombudsperson against Harassment Kashmala Tariq on Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that sexual intention must be proved in the cases that are proceeded under the Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2010.
A three-member bench of the top court comprising Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmad announced a 12-page verdict – a copy of which is available with TLTP – in response to appeal against IHC decision that turned down a petition seeking restoration of an order of the incumbent Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women.
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وفاقی محتسب سیکرٹریٹ 8اگست 1983ء کو ایک صدارتی فرمان کے تحت وجود میں آیا۔اس ادارے کے قیام کا بنیادی مقصد وفاقی حکومت کے تحت چلنے والے سرکاری اداروں کے خلاف عوام الناس کی شکایت کا ازالہ کرنا ہے، خاص طور پر معاشرے کے وہ پسے ہوئے لوگ جن کی کہیں شنوائی نہیں ہوتی اور نہ ہی وہ عدالتوں اور وکلاء کے بھاری اخراجات برداشت کر سکتے ہیں۔ اسے آپ غریبوں کی عدالت بھی کہہ سکتے ہیں،ایسے لوگ سادہ کاغذ پر ایک درخواست لکھ کر وفاقی محتسب کو بھجوادیں تو اس پر فوری کاروائی شروع ہو جاتی ہے۔اس وقت وفاقی محتسب ادارے سے عام آدمی کو سستا اور فوری انصاف مل رہا ہے اور یہ ا