{"id":15478,"date":"2025-08-01T21:05:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T21:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=15478"},"modified":"2025-08-01T21:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T21:05:05","slug":"slic-officer-penalised-for-online-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=15478","title":{"rendered":"SLIC officer penalised for online abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In a defining moment for digital accountability and workplace justice, President Asif Ali Zardari has upheld the decision of the Federal Ombudsperson for Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace (FOSPAH) in a high-profile case involving sexual harassment via digital platforms at the State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan (SLIC).<\/p>\n<p>The complainant, Urooj Wahid, had filed a complaint under the Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act, 2010, alleging inappropriate and unsolicited messages from Kamran Channa, Assistant General Manager, which included sexually suggestive comments.<\/p>\n<p>While Kamran admitted to sending the messages, he contested the findings of FOSPAH, which had imposed the major penalty of removal from service along with a fine of Rs300,000. Channa filed a representation with the President of Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>According to the spokesperson for FOSPAH, upon personal appearance at the hearing before the president, Channa expressed unreserved regret and issued a public apology to both Urooj and her mother, without presenting any further defence.<\/p>\n<p>The president, after hearing both parties and acknowledging the complainant&#8217;s mental and professional hardship, affirmed the factual findings of harassment, converting the penalty of removal from service into compulsory retirement, citing Channa&#8217;s 29 years of previously unblemished service as a mitigating factor.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a powerful gesture of support for survivors, the President enhanced the compensation to Rs1million, recognising the mental trauma and forced resignation endured by Urooj.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a defining moment for digital accountability and workplace justice, President Asif Ali Zardari has upheld the decision of the Federal Ombudsperson for Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace (FOSPAH) in a high-profile case involving sexual harassment via digital platforms at the State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan (SLIC). The complainant, Urooj Wahid, had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}