Legislation being done to protect rights of minorities, women: Shireen Mazari

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari on Tuesday said that effective legislation was being done to protect rights of minorities, children, women, and other oppressed segments of society.

According to a statement released from the ministry, Shireen Mazari said that the government was focused to empower every citizen, particularly the women, children and minorities so that they would be able to contribute productively in the development of the country.

She said that we have very comprehensive agenda not only to ensure proper implementation of existing laws but also working on new legislation. Dr Shireen Mazari said Muslims in some European countries are facing discriminatory treatment. The federal Minister said, “Pakistan is only country where non Muslims have been provided their own respective and personal laws.”

For this purpose, She said that Hindu Marriage Act had been implemented and Christian Divorce Bill would be tabled in national assembly soon for final approval.

Dr. Mazari Said that they were working on child protection act and child protection commission would also be established.

She further shared that in Islamabad, they had established state of the art separate ward for transgender to provide them best medical facilities and added that they had asked all provinces to established separate wards for medical facilities for transgender.

Dr Shireen Mazari shared that besides the implementation of existing laws and devising new legislations, it was equally important to create the awareness among masses regarding their rights.

Legislation being done to protect rights of minorities, women: Mazari