The Supreme Court admitted for preliminary hearing singer Meesha Shafi’s plea challenging LHC's decision in the sexual harassment complaint case against fellow singer Ali Zafar
LAHORE: The Information Technology University’s (ITU’s) Centre for Governance and Policy recommended on Wednesday all educational institutions comply with anti-harassment laws in letter and spirit.
The centre launched a study on ‘Harassment in Educational Institutions in Pakistan’, whichtraced the development of the recent interest in harassment at educational institutions in the wake of the global ‘Me Too’ movement, and the peculiar situation created by the Covid-19 pandemic which moved everything online, making it easy for many to discuss their trauma, find camaraderie, and demand action.
It argued that the section 509 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), the Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act 2010, and the 2011 HEC Policy Guideline Against Sexual Harassment are good but have failed in two important respects, first, the laws and guidelines are silent on age specific provisions and protection of children against harassment and secondly, despite pr
The writer is an advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.When, nearly two years ago, Meesha Shafi accused a prominent singer and actor of inappropriate physical contact on multiple occasions she.
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December 22, 2020
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said that funds approved for Wazirabad cardiology hospital have not been released for the last six month, which is really regrettable.
Presiding over the Punjab Assembly session on Monday, he said what was the use of such funds which keep going around the committees? He said due to delay in the release of the approved funds, 200 patients were waiting for their operations.
He said that because of non-availability of funds, all administrative matters of the hospital were pending, though Minister Imran Khan had appreciated that project.
The PA speaker said that he had also talked to the Punjab chief minister about the Wazirabad cardiology hospital, but nothing had happened. He said what the government was doing, why the budget approved by the assembly was not being released? “If the assembly decisions are not to be implemented, then what is the use of the assembly? It should be closed down,”