Tag: human rights
SC establishes human rights cells at Lahore, Karachi
ISLAMABAD: To ensure still better access to justice for deprived, destitute and vulnerable segments of society as enshrined in the Constitution of Islamic Republic...
Consultant of human rights report intimidated in ‘burglary-style raid’
HRCP condemns 'burglary-style raid' after April 16 report on human rights violations
Consultant Maryam Hasan intimidated while armed men took away her valuables
LAHORE: After...
Musharraf regime ‘sold’ Pakistanis to US, NA told
MPC chairman admits 4,000 Pakistanis extradited to foreign countries deliberately
Justice (r) Javed Iqbal promises to meet Manzoor Pashteen to inquire about Pashtun...
Pakistan failing on human rights, says watchdog
--HRCP report says 'people continue to disappear in Pakistan, sometimes because they criticise the powerful military or because they advocate better relations with India'
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani watchdog...
AJK president meets Saudi ambassador, updates on human rights abuse in...
ISLAMABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan on Tuesday met Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan Nawaf Saeed Ahmad...
CDA allots I-17 to NUMS to establish medical city
Board allows land allotment to establish National Institute of Human Rights
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) during the fifth board meeting, on Wednesday approved...
Farhatullah Babar calls for protecting rights of Pakistani workers in CPEC...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader, Senator Farhatullah Babar, has said that there is a need for transparency in all the infrastructure projects under...
Pakistan urges India to stop killings, allow UN team in IHK
Andrabi says Pakistan to continue its moral, political support to Kashmiri people
GENEVA: Pakistan has raised the issue of India’s grave human rights violations in...
Pashtun leader Pashteen takes Lahore by storm
LAHORE: Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PSM) Leader Manzoor Pashteen on Tuesday lamented the continued extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and racial profiling of the Pashtuns by state...
Protection of basic human rights is duty of judges, says LHC...
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Yawar Ali said on Monday that protection of basic human rights is the duty of judges.
He was addressing...
Human rights regressed in 2017, says Amnesty International
LONDON: "Governments are shamelessly turning the clock back on decades of hard-won protections,” says the annual report for human rights in 2017 published by...
Political parties endorse idea to include human rights in election campaigns
LAHORE: The political parties of Pakistan on Wednesday endorsed the Civil Society Working Group’s demand to include human rights in party manifestos for the general...
Civil society pays tribute to Asma, demands Nobel Prize for her
LAHORE: The members of civil society on Monday passed a resolution in which they demanded from the Nobel Prize Committee to consider Asma Jahangir’s name...
US says Asma Jahangir’s death a ‘loss to the world’
RSF terms Asma a ‘towering figure’ in defence of human rights
WASHINGTON: The United States (US) joins Pakistan in mourning the sad demise of...
Obituary: Asma Jehangir — Pakistan’s iron lady
LAHORE: Just a few days before her sudden death, Asma Jehangir spoke at the Pashtun protest in Islamabad. Speaking to the crowd, none could...
JUI-F fiercely opposes blasphemy law amendment
ISLAMABAD: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Friday said it would fiercely resist any move to amend the blasphemy laws of the country.
During a meeting of...
MOHR set to hold its first-ever international conference on human rights
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR) in Islamabad is set to hold the first-ever international conference on human right issues in the country which...
