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11 Pages : 163-171

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2017(II-I).11      10.31703/gssr.2017(II-I).11      Published : Jun 2017

Issue of SaraikiStan: Post 18th Amendment

    The paper primarily focuses on salient dynamics voiced for division of Punjab and establishment of Saraiki Province and is aiming to aware coming parliamentarians regarding the sensitive issue so that they can make themselves capable to develop skill to resolve such generic issues. The non-justifiable allocation and distribution of resources by the federal government not only created hatred between East and West Pakistan in 1971 but later on among four provinces of Pakistan as well. For the last more than seventy years, the inspirations of ethnicity and regionalism evoked by Pukhtoons, Baluchis, Muhajirs and Saraikis made the process of national integration complex and so politicized different socio-economic and issues concerning different people of different regions which sometimes led to civil war situations in Pakistan. Though state's constitution provided equal rights and opportunities to all nationalities in all spheres of life. However the feeling of provincialism or regionalism awakens in the minds when the people of a particular area are continuously neglected by the ruling class and so they are politically educated as backward and discriminated people by their local leaders. In this way, these leaders keep political hold over the specified area and its people. Regional disparities in terms of revenue and consumptions have awakened the perception of ignorance and discrimination and this is the reason that PML (N) faced severe hurdles and the repatriation of its own parliamentarians as the Saraiki community has been continuously neglected by the Punjabi dominated Political Party in the National legislature.

    Ethno-Nationalism, Identity Crisis, Deprivations, Regionalism, Saraiki Nationalist Movement, Eighteenth Amendment
    (1) Sana Ullah
    Demonstrator & PhD Scholar, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan
    (2) Ijaz Khalid
    Demonstrator & PhD Scholar, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan
    (3) Shazia Hassan
    Assistant Professor, LMS Department, Faculty of Contemporary Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan

18 Pages : 219-227

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2026(XI-I).18      10.31703/gssr.2026(XI-I).18      Published : Mar 2026

Menstrual Leave and Reproductive Health Accommodations in Pakistan: Statutory Recognition in the Light of International Studies

    Menstruation which is most important matter but still is an unattended issue for most of the developed and under developed countries. There is no legislation In Pakistan, there is no provision on this is serious concern for taking step forward to enact any law at federal or even provincial level to recognize this basic and fundamental right of working women. This entitlement of women may be recognized as a ground for leave or accommodation. It is the need of the time that Pakistan should take steps for legislation to acknowledge this fundamental right of working women in Pakistan on International pattern. This research also highlight that such measurement of Government will be encouraged at international level and is practically achievable. 

    Menstrual Leave, Reproductive Health, Labour Law, Pakistan, CEDAW, Gender Equality, Workplace Accommodation, Dysmenorrhoea, Eighteenth Amendment
    (1) Abida Hassan
    Assistant Professor (Law), Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Law School, Government College University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.