Pakistan, Feb. 8 -- Women in our part of the world continue to face harassment at workplaces, despite many laws promising protection and many courts functioning. The recent decision by the Lahore High Court to uphold the dismissal of a judiciary employee for harassing his female colleagues shows how grave is the presence of harassers and molesters here and there.

The case involved Rana Nadeem Akhtar, a staff officer of the Kasur district and sessions judge. Being close to someone very powerful, the convict thought of going after the easy preys - female colleagues. He sent inappropriate messages to female staff. As one of the staffers broke the spiral of silence, eight other women colleagues also came forward and testified against him. Th...