Tag: NCHR
NCHR chairman takes suo motu notice of Mian Javed’s death
ISLAMABAD: National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) Chairman Justice (r) Ali Nawaz Chohan on Tuesday took suo motu notice of the death of Sargodha University...
NCHR forms provincial body over enforced disappearances
KARACHI: National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) Chairman Justice (r) Ali Nawaz Chowhan on Wednesday announced to form a Sindh-level core advisory committee comprising representatives...
NCHR voices concern over Punjab police’s human rights violations
The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) Chairman Ali Nawaz Chohan on Tuesday voiced reservations and dismay over Punjab police's performance.
He expressed this while hearing a...
NCHR chairman urges govt to make enforced disappearances an offence: report
The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) Chairman Justice (r) Ali Nawaz Chohan asked the government to amend the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and...
Authority needs to be held accountable for recent attacks in KP,...
ISLAMABAD: National Commission of Human Rights (NCHR) Chairman Ali Nawaz Chauhan and all members of the commission condemned the recent terror attacks on the...
Govt critcised for ‘inaction’ over religious minorities rights: report
ISLAMABAD: The panelists at a national convention criticised the government and expressed dissatisfaction over 'government's failure' to completely implement the Supreme Court's judgment of June...
11th ‘World Autism Awareness Day’ observed without govt support
LAHORE: The eleventh “World Autism Awareness Day” was observed on Monday by the civil society, non-government organisations (NGOs) and parents of the affected children, without any...
NCHR takes suo motu notice of transgender person’s killing in Peshawar
ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) Pakistan on Thursday has taken a suo moto notice of a transgender person's murder in Peshawar.
The commission has...
MNAs call for reforms in school curriculum in wake of Christian...
ISLAMABAD: The members of the National Assembly on Tuesday voiced their concerns regarding the persecution of minorities in the country and criticised educational institutions...
Rights watchdog chief asks govt to ensure marital, legal rights of...
ISLAMABAD: Expressing concern over the marital and legal rights of newly converted Kalash women, National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) Chairman Justice (r) Ali...
Kalashi society remarkable model of interfaith tolerance: NCHR chairman
CHITRAL: National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) Chairman Justice (retd) Chohan on Tuesday opined that the Kalashi society is a remarkable model of interfaith tolerance...
NCHR received 518 complaints of HR violations since its inception
ISLAMABAD: National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) received 518 complaints of human rights violations from across the country since its inception in December 2015.
The...
NCC direly needed to protect child rights: consultative moot
The participants of a national consultation unanimously endorsed the need for a National Commission on Children (NCC) at the earliest to safeguard the right...