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THE recent Lahore High Court ruling on workplace harassment deserves to be welcomed for its clarity and common sense. By holding that harassment of a worker by an authority figure still counts as workplace harassment even if it occurs outside the office, the court has provided protection to working women and narrowed the space for abusers to escape accountability. The LHC dismissed a petition by a government official who was removed from service for harassing a subordinate and in doing so highlighted that harassment is defined by........