• September 17, 2018
• General News

Launching a report on shrinking spaces for the civil society, prominent rights activists on Sunday demanded from the government to ensure the basic freedoms as guaranged in the Constitution of Pakistan and committed under the international commitments. Academic Dr Riaz Shaikh, rights activists advocate Ali Palh and Zulfiqar Shah and researcher Zeenia Shaukat shared at […]

• October 12, 2015
• General News

ISLAMABAD: A seven-member board headed by veteran journalist and analyst Muhammad Ziauddin has assumed its responsibilities as trustees of the Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability, which also supervises operations of the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN), says a press release issued here. The appointment of the new board is part of TDEA’s institutional […]

• September 13, 2015
• General News

LAHORE: Child Rights Movement (CRM), a coalition of 30 civil society organisations, has urged the Punjab government to establish a provincial commission on the rights of children without delay. “It is unfortunate that even after ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) 25 years ago, there is no body with […]

• August 22, 2015
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: The network of civil society, rights bodies and service providers associations petitioned to the upper house of parliament. The protest was against the government’s decision to not include them in the process of consultation, as per advertisement. Despite formation of a sub-committee to finalize the draft unanimously, the rights activists, civil society network and […]

• August 20, 2015
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee of the Parliament on Wednesday finalised amendments in the draft cyber crimes bill, giving some concessions to the IT industry and civil society while maintaining most of the original clauses of the previously formulated legislation. A marathon meeting of the committee, chaired by Major (R) Tahir Iqbal continued for six hours to […]

• August 20, 2015
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee of the Parliament on Wednesday finalised amendments in the draft cyber crimes bill, giving some concessions to the IT industry and civil society while maintaining most of the original clauses of the previously formulated legislation. A marathon meeting of the committee, chaired by Major (R) Tahir Iqbal continued for six hours to […]

• August 4, 2015
• Environmental Journalism

HYDERABAD: Environment exp¬erts and civil society leaders on Monday called for taking result-oriented steps to counter climate changes in Pakistan that is causing frequent floods, extreme heatwave and drought. They were speaking at a seminar titled “Gender and Social Vulner¬ability to Climate Change: A Study of Disasters Prone Areas in Sindh” organised by the Social […]

• July 16, 2015
• Access to Information

ISLAMABAD: Urging the Sindh government to share the draft of the right to information bill with the public, the Centre of Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) said that the bill should only be presented for cabinet approval after seeking input from all the stakeholders, including the media, civil society groups and citizens. “It is ironic […]

• July 16, 2015
• General News

Islamabad: Calling for enactment of all pending bills and release of budgetary allocations, a group of civil society organisations has welcomed recent movement for enactment of pending child rights related legislation at the federal level, including the National Commission on the Rights of the Children (NCRC) Bill. The Child Right Movement (CRM) Pakistan — a […]

• July 2, 2015
• Media Ethics

Karachi: Politicians, intellectuals and members of the civil society have called for devising separate family laws for all minority faiths for ensuring protection of their rights. They were speaking at a seminar titled, “Safety and security of religious minorities: role of state and society”, organised by the Pakistan Institute of Labour, Education and Research (Piler) […]

• June 30, 2015
• Access to Information

HYDERABAD: Civil society activists pressed for implementing the provincial law that grants the public access to information regarding government functionaries and official documents. The participants at a dialogue on Sunday also pointed out flaws and ambiguities in the Sindh Freedom of Information Act, 2006, which the officials allegedly manipulate to keep information from the people. […]

• June 22, 2015
• General News

LARKANA: Speakers at a consultative programme have urged the government to implement last year’s landmark judgement of the Supreme Court that outlines a strategy on how to protect the non-Muslims communities’ rights. The programme was organised by the Civil Society Support Programme (CSSP) in collaboration with the Rights of Expression, Assembly, Association and Thought (REAT) […]

• June 17, 2015
• Environmental Journalism

Karachi: Speakers representing academia, research institutions, Sindh government and civil society on Tuesday emphasised the need to encourage the youth of universities to take up the issues of climate change through research and focus on threats to natural resources due to climatic variations. They were speaking at the launching ceremony of the National Climate Change […]

• June 13, 2015
• General News

KARACHI: “The reason why Pakistan suffers from rampant child labour is because the definition of a child varies to suit the needs of a few. Once it is universalised, then only will we be able to eradicate this social evil,” said Karamat Ali, executive director of the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (Piler). […]