President dismayed over CDA's discrimination against washerwoman.

ISLAMABAD -- President Dr Arif Alvi has expressed displeasure over the Capital Development Authority (CDA)'s discrimiAnatory and misogynist act of non-allotment of a resiAdential quarter to a woman employee on the plea that quarters could only be allotAted to adult-male-working dhobis (washer men) as per past practice.

He said that CDA had disAcriminated against the female employee, and upheld Wafaqi Mohtasib's orders directing CDA to allot the residential quarter to the female employee.

While rejecting CDA's repAresentation against the orders of the Wafaqi Mohtasib, the president said that the most unfortunate part of the CDA's defence was that allotment could only be made to a male and could not be made to a feAmale for the same services.

'This is highly discrimiAnatory, CDA is directed to improve its rules that are ensuring such misogynist practices and send the reAport to Wafaqi Mohtasib of the same in 60 days,' president said.

The president further...