Tag: human rights
HR Watch seeks no amnesty for Taliban crimes
Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated it would be injustice to the victims of terrorism, if grim crimes of the Taliban are condoned in the...
HRCP condemns killing of journalist
While condemning the murder of a journalist in Panjgur, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday called for serious and concerted efforts,...
First execution carried out in five years
Pakistan has carried out its first execution in over five years, sparking criticism from human rights activists.
Jail official Abdullah Khan Niazi said that the...
Pakistan elected to UN Human Rights Council
Pakistan was on Monday elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council, an inter-governmental body within the UN system. Pakistan, which had the...
495 cases of murder reported in first eight months: HRCP
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Sunday that 495 cases of murder had been reported from different parts of the country during...
Former law minister Iqbal Haider passes away after protracted illness
Former law minister and human rights activist Iqbal Haider passed away on Sunday at a local hospital after suffering from ailing lungs. His funeral...
HRCP alarmed over rising food scarcity
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday expressed alarm over rising food scarcity in Pakistan and its impact on the people, especially...
EC’s decision for re-polling to raise women voting: HRCP
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairperson Zohra Yusuf has said the Election Commission’s (EC) decision regarding re-polling at polling stations where less than...
Experts seek revision in Right to Free Education Act 2011
The participants of a meeting have demanded the revision of the `Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2011' to maximize the required prospects...
Child rights guaranteed under CRC demanded
Doctors and human rights activists have urged the authorities to ensure availability of rights guaranteed to children under Child Rights Convention, signed by the...
HRCP warns against groups sympathetic to militants
Strongly condemning the beheading of 12 soldiers by Taliban, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has warned
all institutions, especially political parties, of the...
Serving patients gives sense of satisfaction: Suri
Human Rights Network Karachi Chapter President Intikhab Alam Suri on Wednesday said that serving the patients is also worship and making efforts for the...
Human rights activists call for end to misuse of blasphemy law
Human rights activists, including Ansar Burney, have called for the release of 11-year-old Rimsha Masih who has been charged with burning a Noorani Qaida...
Minorities’ forced migration from Pakistan must be checked: HRCP
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concerns on the forced migration of religious minorities from Sindh and Balochistan. In a statement...
No peace without justice
Without justice no one can even visualise to have peace and tranquility in the society and without which the foundations of very strong empires...
Another Indian prisoner possibly on the way home
Awais Sheikh, a human rights activist based, has decided to take up the cause of another Indian, Bhavesh Kumar Parmar, languishing in a prison...
HRCP happy with Ebrahim as CEC
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday welcomed the selection of Justice (r) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim as the new Chief Election Commissioner...
