The Supreme Court of Pakistan has issued a decision in the case of sexual harassment of women in Pakistan Television (PTV). According to the court order, Athar Farooq Buttar has been ordered to pay a fine of five lakh rupees to six women.
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah of the Supreme Court has written the eight-page judgment of the PTV women harassment case on Wednesday, August 31. According to the verdict, it has been proved that women were sexually harassed in PTV.
The court has ordered the criminal Athar Farooq Buttar to pay a fine of five lakh rupees to six women and in case the criminal does not pay the fine, the property of the criminal should be sold to make payments to the affected women.
Thank you this case was filed after my case, and I take credit to open a door for many women to speak up against harassment.. I'm glad that after my case PTV did trainings for its staff.
I'm still fighting my case @fospah
& a defamation too
I belive justice will prevail. https://t.co/RDzOexHNPI— Tanzeela Mazhar (@TenzilaMazhar) September 1, 2022
It should be noted that the women of PTV filed a harassment petition against Controller Athar Farooq Buttar in 2016. The incident came to light when five PTV female employees filed a complaint with the Supreme Court against Controller Incharge, Athar Farooq Buttar, for sexually harassing, humiliating, and pressuring them. Former Controller of PTV Athar Farooq Buttar is now living in Canada after retirement.
Today supreme court of Pakistan finally convicts Athar Farooq Buttar of sexual harassment in a case filed by 5 anchor persons in 2016, while he's all settled in Canada 🙂
Read this 👇🏼 excerpt from an article written that time & see how newsroom was a culprit in this case #shame pic.twitter.com/ICA8nXvX33— Ayesha Khalid (@AyeshDibs) August 31, 2022
According to an 8 June 2016 letter, on the complaints of the anchorpersons, the then MD PTV, Mohammad Malik, had removed Mr Bhuttar from the post. However, he was reinstated after a few months.
In the judgment, the Supreme Court welcomed the Women’s Workplace Harassment Protection Bill 2022 and said that it is laudable to give the right to complain of harassment to all genders in the bill, any kind of discrimination is also declared as harassment in the bill.
In the decision, it has been said with reference to the bill that it is hoped that the amendments made will be implemented, it is hoped that the freedom and social justice of women and transgender people will be raised by the act, it is their constitutional right to give women an environment free from threats and harassment. Is.
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