Divine Planning and Universe Management: Lessons for Life and Humanity
As the world marks International Women’s Day on 8th March 2025, it is both a privilege and a responsibility for me, as a legal professional, to highlight the legal challenges faced by women and to present recommendations for the global community to address these issues.
International Women’s Day is more than a celebration—it is a call for gender equality. The global community must advocate for human rights and support grassroots movements working for women’s rights, especially in regions like Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where legal rights and justice remain out of reach for many.
Decades of conflict, economic hardship, and political instability in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have weakened the region’s social fabric and led to a mass exodus of skilled youth. In this fragile environment, women are the most vulnerable, facing systemic barriers that prevent them from accessing their fundamental and constitutional rights.
Although Pakistan’s legal framework includes several progressive laws to protect women—such as:
The Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act (2010)
The Protection of Women (Criminal Laws Amendment) Act (2006)
The Child Marriage Restraint Act (1929, amended 2015)
The Enforcement of Women’s Property Rights Act (2021)
Despite these laws, weak enforcement, social stigma, and lack of awareness—particularly in rural areas—prevent these legal protections from reaching those who need them most. Legal processes remain lengthy, costly, and intimidating, discouraging women from seeking justice.
“Global Challenges”
The challenges faced by women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reflect global patterns of gender inequality. Across the world, women continue to face:
1. Gender-Based Violence (GBV):
One in three women globally experiences physical or sexual violence in their lifetime (WHO, 2023).
2. Workplace Discrimination:
Women are underrepresented in leadership roles and face persistent pay gaps—earning 20% less on average than men worldwide (ILO, 2023).
3. Limited Access to Education:
Over 129 million girls worldwide are out of school (UNESCO, 2023), with conflict zones and rural areas disproportionately affected.
4. Lack of Reproductive Rights:
Women in many regions lack access to family planning, maternal healthcare, and safe health services, affecting their health and autonomy.
5. Political Exclusion:
Only 26.5% of parliamentary seats globally are held by women, limiting their role in policymaking and governance (UN Women, 2024).
“Recommendations for Change”
To bridge the gap between laws and real-world justice, the following steps are essential:
1. Effective Implementation:
Strengthen law enforcement through capacity building, monitoring, and accountability.
2. Awareness Campaigns:
Educate communities about women’s legal rights through social, print, and electronic media, and encourage the reporting of violations.
3. Legal Aid:
Provide accessible legal support for marginalized women through free legal clinics and pro bono services.
4. Policy Reform:
Regularly review and update laws to address emerging challenges, including cyber harassment and domestic violence.
5. Community Engagement:
Collaborate with civil society, religious leaders, and local stakeholders to foster a supportive environment for women’s rights.
“The Role of global Stakeholders”
A coordinated effort between national and international actors is vital to ensuring gender justice by providing sufficient funding.
Governments must prioritize gender-responsive policies and enforce existing laws.
Civil Society Organizations should advocate for policy change and provide legal aid.
International Bodies like the UN and WHO must continue to monitor gender-based violence and hold governments accountable.
Religious and Cultural Leaders should work to dispel misconceptions and promote gender equity.
“A Call for Collaboration”
As Director of IIPL Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, I am committed to legal reform, empowering women, and amplifying their voices. However, lasting change requires collaboration between lawmakers, civil society, and the international community.
I invite policy experts, human rights advocates, and concerned citizens to support our efforts to create a society where every woman’s dignity is protected and every woman’s voice is heard.
As Muslims, we are guided by the Qur’an and Sunnah to uphold human rights without discrimination. Only by strengthening the rule of law and ensuring effective implementation can we secure a future where women around the world enjoy the rights they deserve.
Let us work together for a world where no woman is left behind.
However, planning alone does not suffice. There must be a system to preserve information, prevent its loss, and refer to it when needed. This is where the Preserved Tablet comes in, symbolizing in management the data preservation systems, information databases, and decision records. Without such a record, administrative work becomes scattered, and decisions turn into temporary, rootless initiatives. Today, successful organizations rely on advanced systems to store information—just as God safeguarded His eternal knowledge in the Preserved Tablet, serving as a reference for fate and a repository for timeless wisdom. No management can succeed without an integrated system for data collection, knowledge documentation, and recording key decisions. Organizations lacking accurate records lose their ability to learn from the past, shape the future, and achieve sustainability.
Yet, organization alone is not enough to ensure any system’s success. Life is not just about numbers, plans, and rules—it’s about relationships, bonds, and human warmth connecting individuals. Here emerges the Womb, that profound value attached to the Throne of the Merciful, reminding humanity that communication and human relationships are inseparable from any successful system. Major institutions do not flourish solely through strong systems but also through the bonds between their members. The Womb is not merely a social virtue—it is a model for managing human relations within any successful organization. Strong communication among team members directly reflects on overall performance, fostering a more cohesive and productive administrative environment. Without solid relationships, organizations become lifeless machines where trust wanes, loyalty weakens, and conflicts spread. Successful companies realize that employees are not just numbers on a task list—they are beings who need appreciation, communication, and mutual respect. Just as kinship increases blessings in life and sustenance, a workplace built on respect and communication boosts productivity, stability, and innovation.
Reflecting on this exquisite divine planning reveals that it wasn’t just a prelude to human creation but an integrated administrative model offering the world eternal lessons in planning, organization, and relationship management. From the Throne, we learn that strong leadership is essential for any entity’s success. From the Pen, we understand that meticulous documentation and planning form the foundation of sustainability. The Preserved Tablet teaches us that knowledge management and information storage are vital for progress, and the Womb reminds us that human relationships are the soul of any successful system.
In the world of management, as in the universe’s design, there is no success without a clear vision, no sustainability without precise planning, no stability without wise information management, and no growth without strong human relationships. Thus, divine planning stands as a model to be emulated, offering modern management a guide drawn from a system predating humanity—laying the laws of success before mankind took its first steps on this earth.
