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Respect for a woman’s dignity not just a matter of personal morality but constitutional obligation: Supreme Court

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“Respect for a woman’s dignity not just a matter of personal morality but constitutional obligation: Supreme Court”

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) stated on Tuesday that respect for a woman’s dignity was not merely a matter of personal morality but a constitutional obligation the state expected of everyone in its service. The declaration came as a two-member bench, headed by Justice Ayesha Malik and including Justice Shahid Waheed, rejected a plea filed by a former employee of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) against his compulsory retirement over the allegation that he had set his wife on fire. “Off-duty…

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