Simrah Faruqi

Simrah Faruqi is a research associate at the Research Society of International Law. She has worked on criminal justice reform, the implementation of human rights obligations in the country and has assisted in capacity building exercises for Police and Prosecution. She has also extensively worked on developing a comprehensive study on Pakistan’s State Practice for the Enforcement of Human Rights and has assisted in drafting of Pakistan’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights as well as on a guide for civil servants in Pakistan.

Special economic zones in Pakistan undermine women’s human rights

By: Zoha Shahid & Seemal Hameed & Simrah Faruqi
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Even though special economic zones promote industrial development, such development comes at the expense of land, labour, and human rights.