Tag: Hrcp
HRCP demands quick recovery of missing activists
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave concern over four rights activists going missing in Lahore and Islamabad over the last...
Judges, generals are not beyond criticism: Asma Jahangir
Leading human rights activist and former president of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Asma Jahangir said that judges and army generals are not beyond...
Generals, judges, journalists must also be held accountable
Senator Farhatullah Babar has said that fundamental issues in corruption namely exempting sacred cows from accountability, turning a blind eye to institutional corruption, and...
Missing Wahid Baloch: Senate body refers case to NCHR
The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights has referred the case of suspected enforced disappearance victim, Abdul Wahid Baloch, to the National Commission on...
CPNE asks govt not to place Dawn staffer on ECL
HRCP, PFUJ demand withdrawal of all curbs against journalist
The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) on Monday demanded the government withdraw its decision of...
HRCP says condemnation of Quetta attack isn’t enough, state must protect...
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the killing of President of Balochistan Bar Association Bilal Anwar Kasi and bombing at Quetta’s Civil...
HRCP slams Quetta massacre, says citizens’ lives must be protected
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned two attacks targeting lawyers in Quetta on Monday in which several people have been...
HRCP calls for recovery of missing Baloch activist
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave concern over the suspected enforced disappearance of social activist Abdul Wahid Baloch when he...
HRCP demands firm schedule for census
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has demanded a firm schedule for holding of census.
The HRCP held a national consultation on census on...
HRCP advises govt against reviving POPA
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concern over moves to revive the Protection of Pakistan Act (POPA) which had expired on...
HRCP appalled by Khyber APA acquitting killers after jirga decree
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned an assistant political agent’s decision in Khyber Agency to acquit, based upon a Jirga...
HRCP calls for end to child labour
A workshop by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on child labour was organised at their offices on Thursday, focusing on the rights...
HRCP demands probe into land takeover practices of real estate behemoth
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has demanded an urgent and thorough investigation into the land acquisition practices in Karachi by the largest real...
HRCP cautions against strong-arm tactics against AMP peasants
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious concern over the administration denying peasants associated with Anjuman Muzareen Punjab (AMP) their right...
HRCP expresses concern over reports of civilian casualties in military operation
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is distressed at reports emerging from Johan, Kalat, and Isplingi, Mastung, indicating a high number of civilian casualties...
Anti-state violence in Pakistan fell below 2008 levels in 2015: report
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan in its 'State of Human Rights in 2015 report' found that anti-state violence in Pakistan over the past...
HRCP condemns Lahore massacre, violent march on Parliament
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned Sunday’s bombing in Lahore and expressed grave concern over the militants’ ability to launch devastating...
