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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.
The Punjab Defamation Act 2024 has been challenged in the Lahore High Court. The petitioners claim that the new defamation law contradicts the existing legal framework and was hastily enacted without proper consultation with journalists and media organizations. [9] [10]
Women related laws in Pakistan; Women's education in Pakistan; Women's Protection Bill This page was last edited on 30 September 2023, at 15:03 (UTC). ...
Defamation law has a long history stretching back to classical antiquity. While defamation has been recognized as an actionable wrong in various forms across historical legal systems and in various moral and religious philosophies, defamation law in contemporary legal systems can primarily be traced back to Roman and early English law.
The Hudud Ordinances are laws in Pakistan enacted in 1979 as part of the Islamization of Pakistan by Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the sixth president of Pakistan.It replaced parts of the British-era Pakistan Penal Code, adding new criminal offences of adultery and fornication, and new punishments of whipping, amputation, and stoning to death.
Federal Ombudsman Secretariat for Protection Against Harassment or Federal Ombudsman Secretariat for Protection Against Harassment At Workplace (FOSPAH) is an autonomous Quasi-judicial body working under the Act No-IV of 2010 and The Enforcement of Women's Property Rights Act, 2020, for the protection against harassment at the workplace, and also has jurisdiction of hearing the cases related ...
She was the first woman speaker in the National Assembly of Pakistan and the Muslim world elected to the office of the Speaker. [52] Mrs. Ashraf Khatoon Abbasi took oath as the 9th Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan on 11 August 1973. She was the first woman Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly. [53]
Sana Mir is captain of the Pakistan women's cricket team. [207] Won two gold medals [208] at Asian Games in 2010 and 2014. Started playing street cricket at the age of five. Studying engineering before becoming a cricketer by profession. Hajra Khan is the captain of Pakistan's women's football team. [209]