“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).
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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