Tag: Rights
Drones: violating human rights
The UN high commissioner for human rights, while condemning the US drone campaign carried out in the Pakistani Tribal area, has termed it as...
740 killed in Karachi in five months: HRCP
Ethnic, sectarian and politically-linked violence in Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi has killed at least 740 people so far this year, a human rights organisation...
President signs National Commission for Human Rights Bill into law
President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday signed the National Commission for Human Rights Bill 2012 for the promotion and protection of human rights in...
Minorities are our pride, says Shahbaz
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that religious minorities are a pride of the country and steps need to be taken to ensure...
Mulling IP rights
Chairman IPO-Pakistan Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi on Saturday said the process of bringing IP Rights Registration under one roof for efficient management has began....
EOBI determined to secure workers’ rights
The Employees Old-Age Benefit Institution (EOBI) is determined to secure the rights of workers and provide them an excellent environment, EOBI Chairman Zafar lqbal...
Women asked to snatch their rights
Society for Human Rights & Prisoner’s Aid (SHARP) in collaboration with University of the Punjab organized a one day seminar on the topic of...
‘Iran won’t budge an iota from its nuclear rights’
Iran “will not retreat an iota” from its nuclear rights, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday, ahead of weekend talks in Istanbul with world...
CJP seeks practical suggestions for giving expatriates voting rights
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to submit practicable suggestions regarding giving rights of vote to...
Minorities seek dual voting rights
The Minorities Wing of the Pakistan People’s Party has felicitated President Asif Zardari for making history by consecutively addressing the fifth session of parliament...
Minorities have equal rights: Kamran
Senator Kamran Michael has said that minorities have equal rights in the country and the government is also mobilising all the available resources ...
2011 ‘most repressive year’ for rights in China
A major crackdown on dissent following protests across the Arab world made 2011 the worst year for human rights in China in a decade,...
‘Human rights hell’ in Balochistan inflames separatist sentiments
“We want our homeland; we want freedom from Pakistan and will fight till our last breath,” said Zarmine Baloch, 23, veiled from head to...
Where rights are not rife
It has been stated quite often that it is the state’s responsibility to provide fundamental rights to every individual, including ‘roti’, ‘kapra’ and ‘makaan’...
Punjab tops list of human rights violations in country
Punjab has topped the list of human rights violations during last year, according to a report by the Human Rights Ministry. The report...
‘Experts must work on child rights’
Public relations experts through an effective strategy pave the way for solution of children’s problems. These views were expressed by speakers at an awareness...
2011 ‘disappointing’ for human rights in India: HRW
India’s human rights record in 2011 got a thumbs down from a global rights group which has criticised the government for its inaction in...
