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November 30, 2010

Mr. Ahmad Qayyum, The Course Instructor

National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences

Lahore Campus, Block-B, Faisal Town, Lahore.

Dear Sir,

Subject: Report on Discrimination against women in Pakistan

We are pleased to present the report to our honorable teacher on the issue of discriminatory behavior of the society against women as part of our course requirement.

The report covers most of the problems faced by the women living in Pakistani society. We have tried to draw attention towards the main causes and effects of the discriminatory behavior of the society towards women and what problems they face when they go out in the society as a working woman. The issue is not a new and we are sure everyone is aware of it but the purpose of this report is to induce concern about the issue and urge people to do something about the situation by proposing some possible solutions than merely discussing it.

We have tried our best that our report lives up to your expectations. But if there are any issues regarding the report and you need any explanation we will be honored to do so. Kindly accept this humble effort of bringing light to an important issue prevailing in our society.

Yours obediently,

Hira Riaz

Wajeeha Shariq

Sehla Saif

M. Junaid

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Executive Summary

Status of women in Pakistan is not equal to their male counterparts. There are many reasons for this but this is an established fact that there are visible differences in the status of women. We can say that this difference in status is more in rural areas than in urban or more in social economic class C than in a but we can’t deny the fact that this issue is there in the whole society. Pakistan was formed on the name of Islam and our religion gives women a very respectable place in the society but unfortunately women was not given her proper place in Pakistan.

There are many reasons behind this some of them are social and...