Tag: human rights
Human rights activists urge to strengthen labour laws, end extrajudicial killings
KARACHI: A group of human rights activists on Wednesday called upon the government to take measures to improve labour rights situation and stop extra-judicial killings,...
MOHR kicks off campaign to raise awareness on HR
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR) has kicked off a campaign to raise awareness among the people at the grass-root level for their...
PWDD, human rights minster condemn killing of eight-year-old
LAHORE: Provincial minister for women development Hameeda Waheed-ud-Din has condemned the murder of eight-year-old Zainab in the strongest words, and added that a strict legal...
European Union provides 9.6M euros for ‘promotion of human rights in...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and European Union signed Grant Financing Agreement on Promotion of Human Rights in Pakistan amounting to Euro 9.6 million.
The agreement will support...
Pakistan ‘violated human rights’ of Jadhav’s family, claims Sushma Swaraj
NEW DELHI: Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday claimed that Pakistan ‘violated human rights’ of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav's family when they were...
Moot expresses concern over deteriorating human rights and shrinking civic space
LAHORE: Trade union leaders, human rights and labour rights activists, lawyers, representatives of industrialists and government on Thursday expressed serious concern on the deteriorating...
Senate committee to take up missing peace activist issue today
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Committee on Human Rights will take up the issue of a missing peace activist, Raza Khan, today.
According to the notice, the...
Stop criticising China’s internal, external affairs, Beijing tells US
BEIJING: China has urged USA to stop intentionally distorting its strategic intentions and abandoning the outdated notion of the Cold War mentality and "zero-sum" game,...
UN urges Pakistan to repeal blasphemy laws
ISLAMABAD: Though country’s religious and political parties are pressurising the government to penalise the persons involved in amending the law relating to the finality...
‘Human rights protection imperative to establish civilised society’: report
QUETTA: Balochistan Assembly Speaker Raheela Hameed Durrani Sunday said that the protection of human rights is of utmost importance in order to establish a...
All humans have equal rights as they are born equal, says...
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Affairs Khalil Tahir Sandhu has said that all humans have equal rights and respect as they...
YFK protests against human rights violation in Kashmir
LAHORE: Youth Forum for Kashmir (YFK) on Sunday organised a protest demonstration from the Aiwan-e-Iqbal to the Lahore Press Club against human rights violations...
Bilawal expresses concern over HR violations by ruling PML-N
KARACHI: Expressing concern over what he called "trampling of human rights" by the Pakistan Muslim League-Noon (PML-N) government, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto...
Pakistan committed to its human rights responsibilities: PM
Abbasi says multi-dimensional legal reforms, institutional mechanisms to ensure rights protection, human values
Islamabad points out denial, violations of very basic of human...
Human rights abuse on rise, says Moonis Elahi
LAHORE: The world is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10 but as...
Preparations for FATA merger process on fast track
SAFRON minister announces annulment of ruthless FC regulation in FATA within week
ISLAMABAD: Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON), Abdul Qadir Baloch Friday said...
Do Indian spies have more rights than a Pakistani citizen?: SC
ISLAMABAD: “When an Indian spy can be allowed to meet his wife, why does a Pakistani citizen not have the same right?” Justice Dost...
