Blogging at Pakistanis for Peace, Manzer Munir points out that the bill is important at a time when militants in Pakistan are persecuting women. Women have been increasingly isolated and marginalized by the spread of fundamentalism in many parts of Pakistan where the Taliban have brought a strict and narrow minded interpretation of Islam and the roles of women in it.
وعلى سبيل المثال يشير منظر منير من الباكستانيون للسلام إلى أهمية القانون في حين يقمع مسلّحون في باكستان المرأة فيه، قائلاً: