Tag: shireen mazari

Mazari calls out Talal for on-air sexist remarks about PTI leader

Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari on Wednesday condemned PML-N leader Talal Chaudhry's sexist and derogatory remarks about Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Kanwal Shozab on...

Parliament denounces India’s ‘unilateral move’

--Lawmakers pass resolution against India, call upon UN to hold New Delhi accountable for putting regional peace at stake  --FM Qureshi says India itself divided...

Blame game continues in NA session yet again

--Mazari demands probe into ‘criminal negligence’ of past rulers in not joining FATF --Rafique says govt should sign the charter of democracy before the charter...

Politicians say downing of two Indian aircraft shows Pakistan’s military capability

The country's political leaders on Wednesday lauded Pakistan Air Force's valiant act of shooting down two Indian aircraft, saying Pakistan has the right to...

Enforced disappearances to be criminalised, claims Shireen Mazari

Federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari has said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) government is going to crimminalise enforced disappearances by amending the...

VIDEO: ‘Keep on crying’, Mazari signals to opposition in NA

Federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari made a rather strange gesture at the opposition during Finance Minister Asad Umar's mini-budget speech in the...

Mazari reasserts govt’s duty to end ‘decades of killings through encounters’

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari on Monday broke her silence on the Sahiwal 'encounter' case and asserted that it was government's duty to...

PTI govt committed to depoliticising police department: Mazari

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari has said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Government is committed to a depoliticising police department by introducing...

More than 500 incidents of child abuse in Islamabad over five...

ISLAMABAD: The Senate standing committee on child abuse was informed on Monday that 300 cases of child sexual abuse were registered in Islamabad over the last five...

Mazari dismisses WEF report on gender equality in Pakistan

--Minister says talks being held with forum to set its 'incorrect' record straight   ISLAMABAD: Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari has rejected a recent World Economic Forum...

US blacklisting Pakistan to mitigate its own failure in Afghanistan: Mazari

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari on Wednesday expressed surprise over the United States (US) administration’s decision to add Pakistan to the...

Shireen Mazari for revising minorities’ curriculum

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari on Wednesday said that her ministry has recommended the education ministry to revise the curriculum of minorities...

PM’s Twitter response ‘compelled Trump to perform reality check’: Mazari

Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari on Tuesday said that US President Donald Trump was "compelled to perform a reality check" after...

Trump’s ‘tirade’ lesson on Pakistan’s historical appeasement to US: HR minister

-- Mazari says Pakistan has incurred losses due to US's military presence  -- Khawaja Asif says relationship between Pak and US is of 'betrayals and...

Proposed watta-satta marriage stopped in Rajanpur: Shireen Mazari

Federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari on Monday said that a proposed watta-satta marriage arrangement in the Rojhan tehsil of Rajanpur has been stopped. Watta-satta...

Twitter suspends Khadim Rizvi’s account

Social media network Twitter has suspended Pakistani firebrand cleric and Tehreek-e-Labaik (TLP) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi's account on Sunday night. Upon visiting the handle @KhadimRizviReal,...

Appeasement of non-state actors sends dangerous message, says Shireen Mazari

--Human rights minister says state's duty to stand by its institutions, especially when they are targeted ISLAMABAD: Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari on Sunday said...