Women Protection Bill

CM’s information adviser says bill being re-drafted

The proposed authority will protect the rights of women

According to Haq, copies of the bill have been distributed among the members for discussion in the meeting

With this law, we, the women, have entered the private sphere of men, where they feel safest to do as they please

Members to deliberate each of the clauses of the proposed law

Maybe the clerics making up the CII misunderstood the brief

Bill to curb honour killings also appears to be dead because the maulana & his merry men do not like it

WRCP CEO Omer Aftab hoped it would lead to the support, approval and implementation of the proposed bill

People believe women’s problems multiplied due to CII, says Dr Samia Qazi

Secretary CII Dr Ikramul Haq says proposed bill drafted as per Quranic verses and no extraneous material consulted

Commission says CII proposal contravenes fundamental rights

Here's what will happen if you 'lightly beat' a modern-day woman

Punjab Assembly passed PPWAV in February this year, criminalising all forms of violence against women

Walking away for a woman isn’t as easy as just walking out

Laws might fail if there is little understanding of society and human behaviour

Conference participants condemn efforts to undermine the law

Why is the women protection bill still facing such vehement opposition from the religious right wing?

Speaker says religious leaders never speak against domestic violence are just against the women protection act

So low are national standards, that when any official actually does what he should do it is given much eloquent waxing

2016 is not 1977. Mian Nawaz Sharif is not Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Fazlur Rehman is not his father, Mufti Mahmood

Say parts of act which are ‘un-Islamic’ will be reviewed

Laud passage of women protection bill in Punjab

Patriarchal society has perfected art of exploitation, wrapped in multi-layered shroud called ‘culture’and...

Brothers Sharif can right the wrongs of the Right if only they recognise the Moment and act upon it with a vengeance

Why must only the law relating to women’s rights have the stamp of CII approval?

There are people who want to create some space in blasphemy law, which is what Salmaan Taseer was trying to achieve

They said that the reaction of the religious parties was not surprising

Maulana Fazl said the Punjab government was showing flexibility, which was a positive development

There are still so many unsung heroines, whose less glamorous yet tougher life struggles, continue to go unnoticed

Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi says any bid to transform Pakistan into a liberal country will be foiled

The petitioner requested the court to declare the law ultra-vires of the Constitution

Says she believes it is an attempt to present a softer image of the country to the outside world

Pakistan is beginning to have an outline of a social safety net

When attacking a woman becomes a crime — sticks, stones or even punches — people call it a landmark law

The new bill is designed to remove bureaucratic hurdles that normally make it impossible for women to file complaints

JUI-F chief says women protection bill does not adhere to values of Pakistani society and is in conflict with religion

Green Town Police registers FIR against Bassra Bibi's husband for beating her up

Among the many pluses of the Eighteenth Amendment, a sure failing was devolving human rights to the provinces

Punjab CM defends legislation, calls it part of Quaid-e-Azam’s vision

Says bill passed after months of deliberation with political parties, civil society

There may finally be some respite for women who have long been subjected to domestic violence

How protecting mothers, sisters, and wives against domestic abuse is ‘anti-Islamic’ and anti-nationalist, is a...

MPA says govt has drawn great flak over the Bill

Amendments proposed by the opposition were withdrawn

Azma Bokhari says govt very serious about women’s protection

Raheela Khadim confident of bill being passed in next session