Staff Reporter
Kashmala Tariq Federal Ombudsman hosted celebration of International Women’s Day at Aiwan-e- Sadar, Islamabad with President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi as Chief Guest.
Addressing as a chief guest at the ceremony for Protection against Harassment at Workplace (FOSPAH) on the occasion of International Women’s Day, the president underlined the need for making collective efforts to ensure women’s inheritance rights, health, education, violence free environment and equal opportunities in all strata of society.
He further linked the creation of awareness in the society about the importance of economic inclusion of women along with their inheritance rights which were flagrantly denied in the society due to prevalence of certain outdated cultural customs in different areas of the country.
He said, “For the first time in the world’s history, the religion of Islam in very clear terms had ensured women’s rights to inheritance which even did not find place in the Western countries for long.”
Such irrelevant barriers in the shape of cultural customs should be discarded with forceful adherence to the Islamic teachings and the contemporary laws. The Ulema’s role in this regard was critical for creation of mass awareness, he observed.
The ceremony was attended by PM’s Special Assistant on Health Dr Zafar Mirza, PM’s Special Assistant on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr. Sania Nishtar, Federal Ombudsman Kashmala Tariq, Foreign Office spokesperson Aisha Farooqi, prominent women personalities and representatives of different organizations.
Federal Ombudsman Kashmala Tariq during her address stated that FOSPAF has achieved 10 years of its inception. She stated that recently FOSPAF has also given the responsibility of executing the women property rights. She thanked the honorable President for his continuous support.
She further stated that FOSPAF is equipped with swift and simple procedure to register a compliant which does not require any lawyers and takes only two months to decide the case.
FOSPAF online system include Online Compliant System, availability of the information through social media and official website and hearing of the registered cases through video conference.
