President Dr Arif Alvi Friday appreciated the role of Federal Ombudsman Secretariat for Protection against Harassment for providing speedy and low-cost justice to the people and called for strengthening the institution further to enhance its effectiveness.
In a meeting with Federal Ombudsman for Protection against Harassment Kashmla Tariq, who called on him at Aiwan-e-Sadr, the president emphasized awareness campaigns through print and digital media to sensitize the people on the ombudsman’s role for quick resolution of complaints, a President House press release said. The ombudsman briefed the president about the institutions’ role in creating harassment-free working environment which had disposed of 93% of the registered cases.
She said that the ombudsman had created awareness by holding seminars and press conferences that had led to increase in the registration of cases.
She said that women represented over 50 percent of Pakistan’s population and they needed to be provided safe working environment.
The Federal Ombudsman Secretariat for Protection Against Harassment is an autonomous quasi-judicial statutory body working for the protection against harassment at workplace. It aims at creating harassment-free working environment.
Recently, the Government of Pakistan has empowered FOSPAH, under “Enforcement of Women’s Property Rights Act, 2020”, allowing it to decide cases related to inheritance of women.
Meanwhile, President Dr. Arif Alvi Friday directed the management of COMSATS University to specially focus on research activities, and establish linkages and collaboration with well reputed international universities.
The president, in a meeting with Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain who called on him here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, said academic courses should be designed with an objective to meet the market needs.
The minister briefed the president about the role of COMSATS in the promotion of education and introduced the newly appointed Rector Prof. Dr Muhammad Tabassum Afzal to him. The president expressed the hope that under the leadership of new rector, the university would further improve quality of education, besides ensuring good governance.
