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Can winking and staring be considered criminal offences under Section 509 of the PPC?
If we complained to the police every time, we would need a special force just for street harassment.
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In the midst of all the tabdeeli in K-P, did Imran Khan forget about its women?
Shad Begum says that PTI has done little for women at the grassroots, but they have engaged women at the party level.
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Miscarriage of justice: For Khadija Siddiqui, justice was delayed and denied
A legal system which finds procedural injustice to trump substantive justice does not inspire public confidence
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In a country of abysmal women rights, will the Transgender Protection Act prove to be fruitful?
While the bill is both broad and inclusive, there are no fines or penalties in case any of its provisions are violated
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Public execution only kills the rapist, not the problem
The state can't fix the criminal justice system, so the answer seems to be judicial killing or legislated murder.
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It is unreasonable to deprive students from the harassment law’s purview
People realised that unwelcome touching and innuendos of a sexual nature were not only offensive, but also illegal.
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Would justice be served if Waseem is eventually executed? Maybe, not.
We want justice in an honour crime, yet support capital punishment and decades in prison violates human rights.
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Does the death penalty target criminals or the poor?
And given the flaws in our system, many of those 300 who were executed, were probably innocent.
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Five legal milestones from 2015 that Pakistan should take pride in
One can appreciate the court’s strong message against blasphemy vigilantism and for semblance of rule of law.
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Pakistan's children are unsheltered, uneducated and uncared for
We are not helping them when we hire them, regardless of whether it is as a social service in times of hopelessness.