Sadly, harassment at workplaces has elevated over the passage of time even after the federal government put some stringent measures to deal with it. One such incident occurred on the workplace of the Pakistan Digital Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA). Consequently, the Federal Ombudsperson for Safety towards Harassment of Girls on the Workplaces, Kashmala Tariq issued the orders for the dismissal of DG HR PEMRA, Haji Adam, from service after he was indicted of sexually harassing a feminine subordinate.
Federal Authority Fires DG PEMRA for Harassing a Feminine Subordinate
The Ombudsperson has additionally ordered Haji Adam to pay a advantageous of Rs. 2 million as a settlement to the sufferer. Along with that, the Ombudsperson has additionally launched the orders for the demotion of the then spokesperson PEMRA, Fakhruddin Mughal, because the latter was additionally concerned in facilitating Haji Adam in reaching the sufferer. The Ombudsperson has additionally ordered Fakhruddin Mughal to pay a advantageous of Rs. 500,000 as compensation to the sufferer.
The decision was introduced below the Safety towards Harassment of Girls on the Office Act 2010 after each PEMRA officers did not show that the sufferer had wrongly accused them. Other than that, the Ombudsperson has written a letter to Chairman PEMRA to put CCTV cameras in every room of the PEMRA headquarters to avert comparable incidents sooner or later. The ombudsperson additionally requested the chairman to type an anti-harassment committee to analyze such issues.
Moreover, based on particulars, the then DG HR PEMRA had sexually harassed a feminine subordinate on the PEMRA headquarters in Islamabad again in November 2019. The director tried to misuse his authority by forcing the feminine worker into giving sexual favors. Although, his habits turned hostile in direction of her after she refused to fulfill his lustful wishes.
Afterward, the feminine worker confirmed some braveness and registered a grievance towards the incident within the workplace of Federal Ombudsperson in January 2020, whose verdict has been issued at present.
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