Supreme Court Strikes Down Marital Status Bias in Job Quotas- Paradigm Shift

Supreme Court Strikes Down Marital Status Bias in Job Quotas- Paradigm Shift

Paradigm Shift Supreme Court Strikes Down Marital Status Bias in Job Quotas The Supreme Court of Pakistan issued a landmark ruling in Zahida Parveen v. Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, affirming that marital status cannot disqualify women from employment quotas for children of deceased civil servants. The court criticized patriarchal interpretations that excluded married daughters, emphasizing gender equality and the constitutional rights of wo…