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The Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act, 2010 is a legislative act in Pakistan that seeks to protect women from sexual harassment at their place of work. The Acts of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) received the assent of the President on 9 March, 2010.
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018; Tribal Areas Rewaj Act; Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan; Twenty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan; Twenty-sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan; Twenty-third Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan
Divorce in Pakistan is regulated by the Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act (1939, amended in 1961) and the Family Courts Act (1964). The Child Marriage Restraint Act or CMRA (1929) set the marrying age for women at 16; in the province of Sindh, as per the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act, it is 18.
A political and constitutional crisis emerged in Pakistan from, 3 April 2022 to 10 April 2022 when, National Assembly's deputy speaker Qasim Khan Suri dismissed a no-confidence motion against prime minister Imran Khan during a session in which it was expected to be taken up for a vote, alleging that a foreign country's involvement in the regime change was contradictory to Article 5 of the ...
Toshakhana is a governmental department controlled by the Cabinet Division of the Government of Pakistan. It was initiated in 1974 during the ministry of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto . Its main purpose is to collect and keep gifts which are received by members of parliament, ministers, foreign secretaries, the President, and the Prime Minister.
Short title and commencement: This Act may be called the Constitution (Twenty First Amendment) Act, 2015. It shall come into force at once. The provisions of this Amendment Act shall remain in force for a period of two years from the date of its commencement and shall cease to form part of the Constitution and shall stand repealed on the expiration of the said period.
FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province) Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) and KPK before Twenty-fifth Amendment Since the independence of Pakistan from the United Kingdom in 1947, the seven districts of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas were governed by political officers appointed by the President of Pakistan.
The Women's Protection Bill (Urdu: تحفظِ نسواں بل) which was passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan on 15 November 2006 is an attempt to amend the heavily criticised 1979 Hudood Ordinance laws which govern the punishment for rape and adultery in Pakistan.