{"id":66049,"date":"2026-04-22T07:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/?p=66049"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:37:24","slug":"critical-issues-concerning-the-protection-of-women-and-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/?p=66049","title":{"rendered":"Critical issues concerning the protection of women and children."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z1-79-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-66050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z1-79-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z1-79-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z1-79-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z1-79-1536x1096.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z1-79.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Sindh Commission on the Status of Women (SCSW) acknowledges the constructive meeting held with the Inspector General of Police Sindh, Javed Alam Odho, at the Central Police Office Karachi, where a delegation engaged in a detailed dialogue on critical issues concerning the protection of women and children.<br \/>\nThe delegation included Advocate Rubina Aman Brohi (Chairperson, Sindh Commission on the Status of Women, Government of Sindh), Qazi Khizr (Co chairperson Human rights commission of Pakistan), Civil society activists includes Amar Sindhu and Dr Irfana Mallah. Senior police officials, including those from operations, investigation, and counter-terrorism units, were also present during the meeting.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z2-61-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-66051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z2-61-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z2-61-1024x553.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z2-61-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z2-61.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nDuring the meeting, particular attention was given to the tragic case of MBBS Student Fahmeeda Laghari from Mirpurkhas, along with broader concerns regarding the prevention of human rights violations, especially those affecting women and children. The Inspector General briefed the delegation on the measures taken by the police, investigative progress, and actions undertaken so far in the case. The head of the investigation team also provided a comprehensive update on developments and the ongoing inquiry.<br \/>\nChairperson Rubina Aman Brohi emphasized the importance of one stop protection center for examining the social, educational, familial cases of Gender based Violence particularly among young women. Adv Rubina Aman Brohi stressed the urgent need for coordinated and sustained efforts to address the growing issue of Gender based violence in society.<br \/>\nThe Inspector General of Police Mr. Javed Alam Odho  assured the delegation that the investigation into the case of Dr. Fahmeeda Laghari would be conducted in a transparent, comprehensive, and impartial manner, ensuring that all relevant individuals are included in the investigative process. The IG further directed that the investigation committee include recommendations aimed at strengthening human rights protections alongside its findings.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z3-35-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-66052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z3-35-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z3-35-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z3-35-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z3-35-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z3-35.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Sindh Commission on the Status of Women reiterates its commitment to working collaboratively with law enforcement agencies, civil society, and relevant stakeholders to safeguard the rights of women and children, promote accountability, and ensure justice through transparent and responsive institutional mechanisms.<br \/>\nAseefa Bhutto Zardari @adv_rubina_brohi Sindh Government Sindh Police Sindh Chief Minister House Chief Secretary Sindh Adv Rubina Brohi UN Women Pakistan UNFPA Pakistan UN Women UNFPA Women Development Department Sindh #WomenRights #GenderbasedViolence #GBV #sindhPolice #WDD #AdvRubinaAmanBrohi #JusticeForFahmeedaLeghari<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sindh Commission on the Status of Women (SCSW) acknowledges the constructive meeting held with the Inspector General of Police Sindh, Javed Alam Odho, at the Central Police Office Karachi, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/?p=66049\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66053,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66049\/revisions\/66053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}