Tag: human rights

A diverse section of influential stakeholders, including civil society, parliamentarians, members of state human rights institutions and political leaders have called upon the government...

Leading human rights activist and former president of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Asma Jahangir said that judges and army generals are not beyond...

  National Assembly’s Speaker, Ayaz Sadiq said that Islam establishes the concept of equality for all human beings and provides an environment of peaceful co-existence. He...

President Mamnoon Hussain has said the Constitution of Pakistan guarantees freedom to its citizens regardless of their caste, colour or creed and Government is...

Senate Special Committee on Marginalised Segments, on Friday, recommended equal rights for transgenders in a meeting held at the parliament house. The committee said the...

  Senator Farhatullah Babar has asked political parties to reach to an agreement for the implementation of basic human rights while addressing seminar on human...

The whole of FATA is under either the direct control of law enforcement agencies or the terrorists, with official check posts and the hideouts...

  Pakistan and European Union have reiterated to further elevate their mutually beneficial partnership under the new Strategic Engagement Plan. The understanding came during 7th...

The United States called Monday for Iran to respect human rights and ensure an impartial judiciary, but stopped short of condemning the execution of...

Raja Zafarul Haq elected APA Standing Committee chairman Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Tuesday deplored the silence of the United States and Western powers –...

Two leading human rights group urged UN member-states on Wednesday to suspend Saudi Arabia from the UN Human Rights Council over the killing of...

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...

Human Rights Provincial Minister Khalil Tahir Sindhu has said that honour killing is the worst example of brutality and bestiality, our society doesn’t allow...

Police announced on Friday that all five suspects in the brutal killing of a 19-year-old school teacher who was tortured, doused with gasoline and...

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) condemned the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) recommendations which it said called for violence against women. In a...

US President Barack Obama told communist Vietnam on Tuesday that basic human rights would not jeopardise its stability, in an impassioned appeal for the...

The US has said it is concerned about the allegations of gross violations of human rights in Pakistan by its security forces during its...