Harassment laws in

Pakistan
Anti sexual Laws for women in Pakistan
 Harassment Laws for Women

• General rules for harassment

• Workplace harassment
• Electronic crime or cyber crime
• Conclusion
 Harassment laws for women
General rules for harassment

• A drunk person ( imprisonment, fine )

• Person insults the modesty of any woman (imprisonment three years or fine)

• Person demands sexual favour (imprisonment three years or fine or both)

• Threaten ,Insults (imprisonment three years and fine or both)

• False accusation of fornication against any female ( imprisonment for five

years and with fine )
 Harassment laws for women
General rules for harassment

• Force any girl under the age of eighteen years, to have physical
intercourse with other person (imprisonment of ten years and with
fine)
• Person assaults or use criminal force strips a women clothes and in that
condition, exposes her to public view (death or with imprisonment for
life )
• Vulgar song ( imprisonment for three months or with fine or with both )

• Indecent and vulgar act

 Harassment laws for women
Workplace harassment

• Hostile or offensive work environment

• Causing interference with work performance or creating an intimidating

• Committee shall consist of three members of whom at least one member should be a
woman

• Person is guilty of workplace harassment

• A) Minor Penalties
• B) Major Penalties
 Harassment laws for women
Electronic crime or cyber crime

• A person intentionally and publicly displays of transmitting any information to

harm the reputation or privacy of any person including female, is liable to be
punished with ( imprisonment for three years )
• revenge,
• Hatred or to blackmail
( liable to be punished with imprisonment for five years or with fine
which may extend to five million rupees or with both )
• Cyberstalking ,despite a clear indication of disinterest by such female.
• Photograph or make a video of any female and display or distribute it without
her consent in a manner that harms a female is liable to be punished with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine .
Conclusion:
After reading these laws, I am sure that you
would be feeling confident.

Women in Pakistan are not helpless by law but

they are just unaware.
THANK YOU

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