PHC says no to veiled lawyers
PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice Tariq Pervaiz Khan has ordered women lawyers not to wear veils in courtrooms,saying they (the women lawyers) could neither be identified nor assist the court well in veils. “You (women lawyers) are professionals. You should be dressed as requisite for the lawyers. We (the judges) cannot identify women lawyers wearing veils and doubt that veiled lawyers appear in court several times seeking adjournments for other lawyers’ cases,” Justice Pervaiz told a veiled lawyer, Raees Anjum, who was seeking adjournment of a case
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PHC says no to veiled lawyers
PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice Tariq Pervaiz Khan has ordered women lawyers not to wear veils in courtrooms, saying they (the women lawyers) could neither be identified nor assist the court well in veils. “You (women lawyers) are professionals. You should be dressed as requisite for the lawyers. We (the judges) cannot identify women lawyers wearing veils and doubt that veiled lawyers appear in court several times seeking adjournments for other lawyers’ cases,” Justice Pervaiz told a veiled lawyer, Raees Anjum, who was seeking adjournment of a case. The court could barely hear Ms Anjum’s name when she was asked to make her presence for a case she was seeking an adjournment for. Ms Anjum had to repeat her name several times because of her veil and this led to the chief justice’s observation that women lawyers should not wear veils in courtrooms. “I was embarrassed when the chief justice asked me not to wear a veil in the courtroom,” Ms Anjum told Daily Times. “I feel more confident in my hijab (veil). I am a progressive Muslim woman who has the courage to follow her faith while living and working in this conservative society…. hijab reflects a woman’s modesty,” she said. She added that several women judges in the NWFP wear a veil and all MMA women MPAs are also veiled. Ms Anjum told Daily Times that there was a difference of opinion in the judiciary on the issue. “On one hand, Peshawar Sessions Judge Hayat Ali Shah tells women lawyers to wear veils when coming to his court, while the PHC chief justice wants women lawyers appearing in court without veils.” akhtar amin
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PHC takes notice of fake passports
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday took strong exception to the issuing of passports to Afghan nationals, saying government departments were violating the country’s rules and allowed the Afghans to flout them too.
A two-member PHC bench consisting of justices Ijazul Hassan and Fazlur Rehman Khan dismissed a writ petition of Abdul Khanan, resident of Orakzai Agency, seeking a Pakistani passport. Khanan filed the petition against NADRA that denied issuing him a passport on suspicion of him being an Afghani national. Petitioner’s counsel Mohammad Shoaib Bangash contended that his client Khanan was a Pakistani national and was issued two national identity cards, one old and the other computerised, by NADRA. However, when he tried to get a passport, NADRA denied him.
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Hasba vs Women Protection Bill
Presently the politics of Pakistan is bintinh arround the two bills that are Hasba Bill passed by the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Government in NWFP and the second one is Women Protection Bill passed by the ruling Pakistan Muslim League from the National Assembly.
Interestingly, opposition parties had registered their reservations about the passage of bill passed from the assemblies.
Now, both the MMA and PML are using these bills for their political motives.
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Hasba vs Women’s Protection Bill
Presently the politics of Pakistan is bintinh arround the two bills that are Hasba Bill passed by the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Government in NWFP and the second one is Women Protection Bill passed by the ruling Pakistan Muslim League from the National Assembly.
Interestingly, opposition parties had registered their reservations about the passage of bill passed from the assemblies.
Now, both the MMA and PML are using these bills for their political motives.
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