The Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law (SAHSOL), in conjunction with the Freidrich Naumann Foundation, conducted a Focus Group Discussion on “Gender Equality and Human Rights” on September 22, 2016. The event was opened by Dr. Almut Besold, Head of Country Office, Friedrich Naumann Foundation. Dr. Martin Wilhelm Lau, Dean and Professor of Law at SAHSOL gave the first talk entitled “Fundamental rights in the legal system of Pakistan”. Other speakers at the event included Zia Ullah Ranjah, Advocate, Jurist Panel, Dr. Zubair Abbasi, Assistant Professor, SAHSOL, Marva Khan, Teaching Fellow, SAHSOL and Neha Ali Gauhar, Teaching Fellow, SAHSOL. The event was attended by a number of students, lawyers, civil judges and religious scholars.
The Law School is planning further collaboration with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation on human rights issues and will be organising other seminars and focus group discussions in the future.
