Respect for a woman’s dignity not just a matter of personal morality but constitutional obligation: Supreme Court

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) stated on Tuesday that respect for a woman’s dignity was not merely a matter of personal morality but a constitutional obligation the state expected of everyone in its service. The declaration came as a two-member bench, headed by Justice Ayesha Malik and including Justice Shahid Waheed, rejected a plea filed by a former employee of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) against his compulsory retirement over the allegation that he had set his wife on fire. “Off-duty conduct of sufficient gravity may constitute misconduct and acquittal in a criminal case does not undo…