Tag: Hrcp
HRCP wants military help to quell sectarian violence
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday demanded that whenever required, the military could be called in to curb sectarian violence in any...
Implementation of harassment law reviewed
Mehergarh: A Center for Learning, in collaboration with the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Thursday held a review session regarding the anti-sexual...
Challenges for democracy
Not quite there yet
There have been considerable gains in democracy and civil and political freedoms in Pakistan over the last four years. Pakistan can...
Mengal and Balochistan
Genuine issues, no redress
There can be hardly two opinions about the Baloch population being more alienated now than at any other period of history....
Masses must push govt to stem the rot in Balochistan: HRCP
On the Human Rights Day, observed worldwide every December 10, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) called upon every citizen of the country...
HRCP says banning channels is arbitrary and futile
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Friday that the recent ban on BBC World and other foreign news channels across Pakistan...
PPP, ANP reject HRCP’s formula for LG system in Sindh
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Awami National Party (ANP) have rejected the formula on local government system in Sindh proposed by the Human...
HRCP formulates recommendations to curb Karachi violence
Karachi’s recent political violence pushed the HRCP to create a fact finding mission that would try to discover the root cause of the violence...
HRCP concerned over violation of right to life
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday expressed concerns over the violation of the right to life across Pakistan. The HRCP demanded...
All parties share blame for Karachi violence: HRCP
HRCP’s fact-finding team has blamed all main political parties in Karachi for bearing responsibility for the Karachi target killings. HRCP released its fact finding...
HRCP urges fair deal for Attabad displaced, detainees
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed alarm at the arrest of over two dozen political activists in Gilgit-Baltistan and reports of...
Lack of action emboldened sectarian killers: HRCP
The government came under heavy criticism from Shiite Muslims and a leading rights watchdog on Wednesday after 29 people died in the worst attacks...
HRCP demands safe recovery of Shahbaz Taseer
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed concern over former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer’s son Shahbaz Taseer’s kidnapping and urged the Punjab government...
HRCP slams murder, abduction of journalists
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the murder and abduction of journalists in Khuzdar and North Waziristan and has called upon...
Ethnic, political violence claimed 800 lives in Karachi this year: HRCP
Ethnic and politically linked violence in Karachi has killed 800 people so far this year, the country’s independent human rights organisation said Friday. “About...
HRCP issues interim statement on situation in Karachi
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has completed a fact-finding mission in Karachi to ascertain the causes of the current wave of violence...
HRCP to conduct fact-finding mission on Karachi violence
Deeply concerned at the intense violence in Karachi claiming over 200 lives and injuring many more, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on...
