Sexual Harassment Sexual harassment involves unwanted or unwelcome behavior, which can offend, humiliate, and intimidate a person while creating a hostile working environment. Sexual harassment includes but is not limited to: Making unwelcome sexual advances. Verbal harassment or abuse, verbal or written communication (it includes narration of sexual incidents, emailing or messaging or showing explicit…
THE PUNJAB PROTECTION OF WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE ACT 2016 (Act XVI of 2016) [29 February 2016] An Act to establish an effective system of protection, relief and rehabilitation of women against violence. Since the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, while guaranteeing gender equality, enables the State to make any special provision for the protection of women,…
The requirements of valid Talaq under Shia Laws: A divorce must be pronounced orally in the presence of two competent witnesses and a talaq/divorce communicated in writing is not valid unless the husband is incapable of pronouncing it orally. The presence of witnesses is a condition precedent of a valid talaq/divorce according to Fiqha…
Citation Name : 2014 SCMR 343 SUPREME-COURT Side Appellant : SHABANA NAZ Side Opponent : MUHAMMAD SALEEM Ss. 7 & 25—mother ‘s claim for guardianship of minor daughter—Second marriage by mother with a person not related to minor within prohibited degree— Father having three children from second marriage —Validity—Mere second marriage by…
