Inside the fight against online harassment
“I cannot even begin to explain how much of a nightmare that time was. It felt hopeless”, said the father of two minor daughters who became victims of technology-facilitated, image-based…
Regulator orders formation of anti-harassment panels in medical, dental colleges
The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council has directed all public and private medical and dental colleges in the country to set up special committees on campus to address and prevent…
Medical, dental colleges asked to form anti-harassment bodies
The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has instructed all public and private medical and dental colleges to establish antiharassment committees within their institutions to prevent and address harassment complaints.…
Anti–harassment law
In its judgment of July 6, 2021, the Supreme Court of Pakistan held that the Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act, 2010, was cosmetic legislation that was…
Redefining harassment
Empowering women in the economy is central to realising women’s rights and eliminating gender inequality. Women’s economic empowerment can only be achieved if barriers that impede their access to the…
Harassment crisis
TWO events of harassment at two foremost private universities have yet again brought to the fore the crisis of harassment laws in Pakistan. The issues with these are: they define…
Ex-director seeks to stall $2bn Paytm IPO, company calls it harassment
Paytm’s $2.2 billion IPO is facing an unusual hurdle - a 71-year-old former director has urged India’s markets regulator to stall the offering, alleging he is a co-founder who invested…
Towards an end to tax harassment
On the basis of my thirty years of tax practice I can assure you that the abuse of the under-mentioned three lines contained in Section 122(5A) have caused more problems to…
Defining sexual harassment
THE Protection against Harassment of Women in the Workplace Act was enacted more than 10 years ago. Since then, as cases have gone before harassment committees and ombudspersons, parties have struggled to…
WU holds training on network security, cyber-harassment
The Women University (WU) Multan in collaboration with Riphah University (Islamabad) arranged a five-day training workshop on cyber network security and how to avoid online harassment especially females. The training…
