Pakistan Legal Awareness Program
This project was developed to raise awareness of human rights in the target districts. The project aims to contribute to improving democracy and governance, facilitating access to justice and enabling people to know their rights as human beings. The objectives of the project are: women`s rights are protected by the constitution, and other legislative measures are taken by the government, but victims still cannot receive help in the true spirit of all these laws favorable to women because they are not known and do not enforce the laws. Stakeholders such as police, judiciary, lawyers, MLOs and service providers lack the capacity to effectively implement gender-friendly legislation. Dr. Syed Raza Ali Gardezi, Secretary General of Citizen for Environment, filed a criminal complaint against the former Director General of the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) before the Sindh Environmental Protection Court through the law firm Lexway. BaqaullahUnner, the current SEPA Director as well as other SEPA officials and the builder of the Shaz residence, Mr. Muhammad Sami, for illegally granting a NOC for the construction of Shaz Residency, a multi-storey commercial and residential building on a plot of 2 (two) hectares No. A, Sector 15-A, Plan No.
33, Karachi. SEPA granted the Notice of Compliance without a public hearing or rejection and in violation of the Sindh Environmental Protection Act 2014. White Ribbon has launched a national legal literacy campaign to address this situation. The initiative includes: Talaq, is a form of divorce under Muslim personal law and is given by the husband (or in the name of) husband to the wife, and the effect of Talaq is that it annuls nikkah, i.e. marriage. In recent years, the Government of Pakistan has adopted and implemented various laws and amendments to combat gender-based discrimination, violence against women and women`s economic and social empowerment. These laws deal with various forms of violence against women such as harassment in the workplace, acid attacks, honour killings, forced marriages, etc. While Talaq could traditionally be given orally, it is now a requirement under the Muslim Family Law Ordinance 1961 and the Supreme Court`s decision in Farah Naz v.
Family Court, Sahiwal (PLD 2006 SC 457) that the talaq must be submitted in writing and a copy of it must be sent to the relevant Trade Union Council. On 31.01.2020, a plenum of the Environmental Protection Court of Sindh admitted the complaint and invited the defendants to face the criminal proceedings, until 11.02.2020. Dissemination of human rights information in schools, colleges, universities and public and private sector organizations.