Asmajehangir the saima wa heed case opening pandoras box. Pakistani women fight to choose husbands upi archives. View saima ahmeds profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Saima ahmed director, senior enforcement counsel nyse. Pakistani system as a case study, it argues that islamic law and human rights. The first appeal was a high profile case, commonly known as saima waheed after marriage saima arshad case. The judgement in the muchpublicised saima love marriage case, as some newspapers here dubbed it, has among other things called for changes in pakistani laws to enforce parental authority and discourage courtships. Shariah perspective on marriage contract and practice in. Controlling in mangment case study by waheed abbas on prezi. Jahangir was the counsel of saima waheed, whose marriage last year was challenged by her father who said he had not given permission.
In a landmark decision, the lahore high court ruled tuesday that saima waheeds marriage was valid and rejected her parents arguments. Asma jehangir pld 1997 lah 331, the question put before the court was whether or not an adult hanafi muslim woman may contract herself in marriage without the consent of her wali. The impact of the saia waheed case on the legal status of women in pakistan 1 the facts the case of ms salina waheed, an adult muslim woman and a fourth year student at the laihore government college for women, was widely publicized in the international press in the beginning of this year. Join facebook to connect with saima waheed and others you may know. Some reflections on the concept of consent in marriage without a wali with particular reference to the saima waheed case in yearbook of islamic and middle eastern law online. Saima waheed has taken the landmark case to the nations second highest court, where a ruling is expected later this month. Asma jehangir the saima waheed case opening pandoras box. She received her medical degree from university of washington school of medicine and has been in practice between 1120 years. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. The supreme court on friday ruled that adult muslim girls were free to marry of their own free will, adding they did not need to seek the consent of their wali guardian or.
Court in the famous saima waheed love marriage case reportedly observed. But orthodox muslim men, including saimas father, abdul waheed ropri. Saima wazed hossain born 9 december 1972 is a bangladeshi autism activist. This website has not been updated since january 20. Lahore university of management sciences law 101 introduction to legal reasoning section 1 spring 2017 instructor marva khan room no. My interest in the study of womens human rights in islam and, to what extent. This is a case study which deals with the controlling of an orgnization. Wartime translator explores her fathers country april 22, 2012 saima wahab left afghanistan for the united states as a young girl, but she returned to her home country as a pashto. Saima waheed has taken the landmark case to the nations second.
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