Pakistan _ National Assembly passes bill on sexual harassment

The National Assembly has passed the bill on sexual harassment at the workplace. –APP (file photo)

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday passed the bill providing protection to women against sexual harassment at the workplace.
All the MNAs present in the house supported the bill, but JUI’s Maulvi Ismatullah opposed the bill, terming it un-islamic and staged a walkout from the National Assembly against the bill.
Religious parties in the Senate have already rejected the bill, calling it un-Islamic and unconstitutional.
The bill provides for a three-year imprisonment and Rs 500,000 fine to anyone proven guilty of harassing a woman and also calls for formulating a three-member inquiry committee in the private and public sector. –DawnNews