Pakistan maternity leave termination leads to landmark case with monetary compensation
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A new mother has, for the first time in Pakistan, successfully challenged an unlawful dismissal that happened while she was on maternity leave.Zainab Zahra, 31, an Islamabad-based IT expert, had been fired from her job while on approved maternity leave. Instead of staying silent, she took her fight to the court of the Federal Ombudsperson Secretariat for Protection Against Harassment (FOSPAH), challenging her termination.Her courageous stand led to a landmark ruling that compelled her employers
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