Women's Rights in Pakistan

  • Muhammad Aqeel Khan Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Zubair Associate Professor, Department of Law, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Keywords: Islamization, MFLO, Patriarchy, Sharia, and Ulema

Abstract

The critically discusses the women’s rights in Pakistan. For this purpose, it explores the Patriarchal nature of the society and the historical background of women’s rights in Pakistan. Before it does so, the paper also throws light on the status of women in Islam and enumerates the important rights the woman holds in Islamic law because of Islam’s great influence in the state of Pakistan.

Published
2020-06-25