Bill in PA (Pakistan) on women’s ownership rights
Bureau Report – Dawn – Monday, 01 January 2012 (originally published 30 Dec)
PESHAWAR, Dec 29: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly will legislate to protect and secure the right of ownership of women of their movable and immovable property.
Pakistan People’s Party MPA Noor Sahar introduced “The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Enforcement of Women Ownership Rights Bill, 2011” in the assembly on Thursday that proposed to declare deprivation of women of their ownership as a penal offence punishable up to five years imprisonment and fine of Rs50,000.
The bill says that Islamic Sharia provides equal guarantee for the protection of life and property of men and women whereas the Constitution and Section 5 of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sharia Act, 2003 enjoins upon the government to legislate with respect to the protection of the said right . . .
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