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Senate approves bill to protect women rights
By Asim Hussain

ISLAMABAD—The Senate on Wednesday amended Code of Criminal Procedure incorporating provisions to protect rights of individuals particularly sexual harassment of women.Amendments in 150 years old Code of Criminal Procedure provide for rigorously dealing with those involved in harassing women at public or work places or exploiting them for sexual abuse.
The Criminal law (Amendment) Act 2009 passed by the House with a majority vote provides for three years imprisonment or with fine up to Rs. 500,000 or both.
The new law will be applicable to anyone intending to insult the modesty of any woman, utters any word makes any sound or gesture or exhibits any object intending that such word or sound shall be heard, or that such gesture or object shall be seen, by intrudes upon the privacy of such women.
Moreover, it will also be applicable to one who conducts sexual advances or demands sexual favors or uses verbal or non-verbal communication or physical conduct of a sexual nature which intends to annoy, insult, intimidate or threaten the other person or commits such acts at the premises of work place, or makes submission to such conduct either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual’s employment or makes submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual a basis for employment decision affecting such individual or retaliates because of rejection of such behavior or conducts such behavior with the intention of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance of creating an intimidation hostile or offensive working environment.
As majority of the members and the parties supported the Bill the religious parties felt like singled out to oppose the Bill which was adopted with a thumping majority. These parties had proposed a simple amendment that women should also observe the religious sanctity in their dresses and maintain modesty.