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[Women In Law @WomenInLawPk]

On 23 October 2026, @WomenInLawPk in collaboration with the @HRCP87, convened a roundtable discussion in Lahore to examine the broader implications of the Federal Constitutional Court’s judgment on workplace harassment is Usman Shahid v Nadia Sarwar case.

[Women In Law @WomenInLawPk]

Women in Law Initiative Pakistan (WIL) and Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (@HRCP87) reject the FCC verdict narrowing workplace harassment protections. Our detailed press release and call to action is as follows:

[Mohammad Ali Talpur @mmatalpur]

#PovertyOfEducation
Education is a Right and not a good to be sold.
Pakistan & Nigeria are the worst affected regarding children out of school.
Punjab, Sindh account for 3/4th of the total.
Read this excellent piece by Zeeba Hashmi Sahiba. @IbtidahE
https://t.co/tb8FUxzqHX

[LEARN @info_learnpak]

Excerpts from Mapping Students'-Led Legal Initiative Survey (Part 3/3)

Full study available here: https://t.co/Bub4hC5McT

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What is the message that the FCC has sent out to women of this country? asks @FariehaAziz.

To watch the full episode go to: https://t.co/U3S85DKCwo

[Women In Law @WomenInLawPk]

Barrister @RidaHosain explains another major concern arising from the FCC judgement on workplace harassment: the increased evidentiary burden that is not even required by the parliament.

[Women In Law @WomenInLawPk]

Barrister @RidaHosain agrees there there has been a big omission on FCC's part in Usman Shahid & Aqeel Abbas's case against Workplace Harassment.

To watch the full episode: https://t.co/4T1iPAWBXV

[Women In Law @WomenInLawPk]

The federation disagreed with the narrow interpretation of harassment by the Supreme Court in 2021 prompting it to file the review in Nadia Naz Case that was reversed by the Supreme Court in 2023.

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In 2026, the FCC resurrected an interpretation that was neither in the field at the time and nor did the federation agrees with.

We'll say it louder for the people at the back: FCC is not above the parliament.

To watch the full episode: https://t.co/4T1iPAWBXV

[Nida Usman Ch @NidaUsmanCh]

Happening tomorrow

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On #FCCWorkplaceHarassmentJudgement

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We have five questions for the stakeholders after the FCC passed an erroneous judgement on workplace harassment.

[Ibtidah_edu @IbtidahE]

All the progress made earlier, gone down the drain by the FCC judgement that supersedes all.

Very dangerous and suffocating. It is actually shameful to see such backward mindset penetrating FCC judges.

[LEARN @info_learnpak]

Read J (r) Mansoor Ali Shah's full article on the recent FCC judgement on workplace harassment in Dawn News today:

'The Court that Could Not See' available at: https://t.co/0NkRj0lPEJ

[Women In Law @WomenInLawPk]

Justice Yahya Afridi (as he then was) in his additional note in the Nadia Naz Review judgement 2023 (PLD 2023 SC 588), which the FCC failed to cite or discuss in the Usman Shahid case is the best way to understand why definition of harassment as used in Section 2(h) of 2010 Act

[Ibtidah_edu @IbtidahE]

Join me in conversation with Nida Usman Chaudhary in this very important conversation on what the recent FCC verdict actually entails: a part in the verdict that goes almost unnoticed in mainstream media, is the question Nida has raised in her blog published yesterday, verdict "treated the statutory decision of the President as if it were a constitutional power immune from review – a conclusion that was neither the intent of the legislature, nor an argument raised by the petitioners"

We also discuss what the judgement means for workplace harassment law, the evolution of its interpretation, and what lawyers, civil society and lawmakers need to consider going forward.
Guest: Nida Usman Chaudhary, Legal Expert and Founder, Women in Law @NidaUsmanCh @WomenInLawPk
Interviewer: Zeeba Hashmi | Ibtidah for Education
https://t.co/00Xw27qCoh
#FCCVerdict
#FederalConstitutionalCourt
#WorkplaceHarassmentLaw

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